Quote:I dunno...

 

How much did Jimmy Smith play his first 3-4 years in the league? He missed some full seasons in there, no?? Theres some examples of players that missed a lot of time and still retained their high level of play (or got it back in short order) That didn't stop him from becoming great eventually. 

Good point.

 

Smith missed a lot of time his first 3 years.  One year he had a broken leg, then next year he had the appendectomy.  He was cut by Dallas due to the disagreement with Jerry Jones over that appendectomy.  He played for the Jaguars in 1995, but didn't become Jimmy until 1996.

 

I dunno if it took all of 1995 and practicing under TC to knock the rust off or not.

 

But there are instances where guys have been away from the game and their game suffered because of it. I just hope if Blackmon gets it together, rust isn't much of an issue.

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