In a case of the ultimate irony Cincinnati Bengals first round draft pick Andre Smith fractured his foot during a non-contact drill in only his third practice since ending his nearly four month holdout. Smith is expected be out for at least a month.
I'm sorry but this is pretty funny because the Bengals were putting so much stock into this head case who has been nothing but trouble for them and he is quickly falling into Bengals lore for first round busts. I know it's too early to call him a bust and he very well may have a tremendous career but holding out and missing all of training camp and then breaking your foot during a non-contact drill is pretty laughable right now. In his short career in the national spotlight Smith has shown a lack of integrity and character, let's start with him being suspended for the 2009 Sugar Bowl for dealing with an agent, he showed up to the combine out of shape and he tested terribly(even running the forty yard dash without his shirt on), and let's not forget about the incident when he was supposed to go to a football camp in Illinois and he ended up in Indiana because he didn't ask for directions on where to go(it's not a major gaff on his part but it shows he lacks attention to detail).
When you draft players purely on talent this is the result you usually get and it's sad the Bungals haven't learned their lesson yet. Lewis and the Bengals have routinely during his reign as head coach drafted players with low character and loads of talent but they usually self implode and cause all sorts of troubles for the team, the Bengals have had only one winning record during Lewis' tenure so it's not like the can justify it by saying at least we are winning. If the Bengals do not make the playoffs Lewis and the GM should be fired.
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