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View Poll Results: Terrance Smith's Grade Card
Part 1: Grade for the 2017 Season 0 0%
A+ 0 0%
A 0 0%
A- 0 0%
B+ 0 0%
B 1 6.25%
B- 2 12.50%
C+ 0 0%
C 3 18.75%
C- 0 0%
D+ 2 12.50%
D 3 18.75%
D- 0 0%
F 1 6.25%
No grade 4 25.00%
Part 2: 2017 Performance Relative to Expectations 0 0%
Greatly exceeded my expectations 0 0%
Slightly exceeded my expectations 1 6.25%
Performed about like I expected 4 25.00%
Performed slightly worse than my expectations 5 31.25%
Performed far short of my expectations 5 31.25%
Part 3: Desired Role for 2018 0 0%
Much larger 0 0%
Slightly larger 0 0%
About the same as 2017 6 37.50%
Slightly smaller 4 25.00%
Much smaller 0 0%
Off the team 6 37.50%
Part 4: I think this player’s ability is … 0 0%
Ascending 4 25.00%
Stable 4 25.00%
Descending 7 43.75%
Part 5: The minimum I would trade this player for is a mid- … 0 0%
-sized bottle of Pibb Extra 6 37.50%
7th round pick 2 12.50%
6th round pick 3 18.75%
5th round pick 3 18.75%
4th round pick 0 0%
3rd round pick 0 0%
2nd round pick 0 0%
1st round pick 0 0%
A pair of 1st round picks 0 0%
I would not trade this player 1 6.25%
Part 6: I prefer… 0 0%
Sweet Home Alabama 6 37.50%
Freebird 8 50.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll
Nzoner's Game Room>Chiefs Offseason Planet Evaluation: Terrance Smith
Rain Man 11:11 AM 01-18-2018
You may recognize Terrance for his work on special teams this year, with occasional defensive appearances.

Terrance appeared in 15 games this year, and made 1 start on defense. He recorded 5 tackles and 1 assist, had 2 passes defensed, and made one ricochet interception for 7 yards.
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Rain Man 11:13 AM 01-18-2018
No one inb4poll.
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Rain Man 11:17 AM 01-18-2018
Every year, we have some linebacker who's really strong on special teams, and I wonder why he can't crack the starting lineup. Then that linebacker eventually gets cut and I wonder how the rest of his life goes.

Terrance is kind of the 2017 version of that, but not quite as strong. I view him as similar to Ramik, in that he moves well, but he's probably too light to be a starting linebacker.

With Terrance, I kind of figure that he'll be a special teams linebacker for us, and then someday he won't. I'm fine keeping him on the team until that day comes.
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RealSNR 11:18 AM 01-18-2018
staylor26 and I think he's really nice.

Actually, I'd say he's definitely worth keeping. He's not exactly going to find an incredible deal anywhere else.
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TimBone 11:21 AM 01-18-2018
Didn't he have a few really stupid penalties?
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lcarus 11:59 AM 01-18-2018
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Every year, we have some linebacker who's really strong on special teams, and I wonder why he can't crack the starting lineup. Then that linebacker eventually gets cut and I wonder how the rest of his life goes.
Like Gary Stills.


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chiefzilla1501 12:23 PM 01-18-2018
Smith was an absolute liability in 2016 when we lost DJ. If he has special teams value, fine. But if he ends up in a game, we're in trouble.
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BlackHelicopters 12:32 PM 01-18-2018
Pibb and Bird me.
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Rain Man 12:48 PM 01-18-2018
Originally Posted by lcarus:
Like Gary Stills.
Oh, man. What did Gary do?

He's one that I always figured was a special teamer due to size, though.

Some of the guys that I liked were more ILBs who hit like trucks - DJ Alexander and Cory Greenwood and William Kershaw. What happens to those guys when they finish their 2-3 year run destroying people on special teams?
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staylor26 01:14 PM 01-18-2018
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
staylor26 and I think he's really nice.

Actually, I'd say he's definitely worth keeping. He's not exactly going to find an incredible deal anywhere else.
:-)
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ILChief 01:15 PM 01-18-2018
Who?
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Easy 6 01:26 PM 01-18-2018
Managed to appear in almost every game, and made a few plays highlighted by the pick

C
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oldman 01:50 PM 01-18-2018
Who? If he couldn't crack the lineup with all the injuries, or just to let Dirty Dan have a breather, I don't think we need him.
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Rain Man 11:42 AM 01-19-2018
Terrance on average was a bit disappointing to people, and they want to see a smaller role for him going forward. But that's not atypical of our less visible backups.

He's seen as having reasonable trade value, though.

1.88 Grade (4.0 point scale)
-0.91 Performance Relative to Expectations (+ = Positive Surprise, - = Negative Surprise)
-0.67 Desired Future Role (+ is larger role, - is smaller role)
0.00 Ascending/Descending (+ is ascending, - is descending)
5.73 Trade Value (Round)
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