luckily I’m horrible with stats. Feels like we just traded getting Troy back for losing Smith.

Atleast he could be healthy in time to back back during our playoff run. I’d rather lose him now and get it over with

If Smith is unable to go this week or beyond, Tomlin is looking at a group effort to fill the void, a group that includes Travis Kirschke, who suffered tightness in his back against the Lions, Nick Eason, who was inactive for the game, and rookie No. 1 pick Ziggy Hood, who has seen some playing time but is still a work in progress.
 
"He has played in just about every football game," said Tomlin of Hood. "He has played on special teams in some games; he has had more defensive snaps in others. He played a pretty significant portion of the game this week. He is a young guy who is on the come. He has a lot of talent. He is not out of the oven yet, if you will, and we acknowledge that. He acknowledges that. As long as we continue to do that he will move in the right direction. He will continue along those lines in terms of participation. By no means is Ziggy Hood a potential replacement for Aaron Smith at this point. It will probably be a committee of bodies to try and fill that void."

wide dynamic, it could definately be worse

did this news just get out? i’m surprised there isn’t more coverage about this on BTSC. well anyway ziggy’s gonna have to step up in a major way, hopefully he has the 3-4 DE thing down a little bit. but even if he doesn’t he’s just gonna be thrown out into the fire… it worked out okay for ben.

but then again, aaron smith is obviously a much bigger loss than tommy maddox was.

i just noticed we have a lot in common haha. i was born down in ft. lauderdale and took after my dad’s pittsburgh sports teams as well. i never caught on to the pirates though because i don’t get their games down here in florida obviously, so i just stick with the home town marlins since i can watch all their games. didn’t work out too bad since i got to see florida win a WS in 2003, and not to mention the pirates have unfortunately terrible for the most part of my lifetime.

Have Ziggy learn on the move and give him an opportunity, he was a 1st round draft pick for a reason

Yes I am a gators fan and im going to the game this saturday so i can come back and tell you who needs to be on our team
and when we drafted ziggy hood he was a dt so i dont see when he turned into brian orakpo