> With that comes a new scheme and set of demands regarding his weight, which as now fluctuated downward from Year 1 under Dan Quinn, to upwards with Mike Zimmer and now down again — as Eberflus seeks to fit him into an attack front.
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> The union is off to a slow start to start the preseason though, as Smith left SoFi Stadium with no tackles in 14 defensive snaps; and it led to the former Wolverine being brutally honest about what he saw on film and in real time on Saturday.
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> “I just have to keep getting better,” Smith said. “The first \[preseason game\], I wasn’t happy with at all, to be honest. I didn’t do anything. I just need to keep learning the scheme and keep getting off the ball.
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> ”I just didn’t do anything, you know? Like, you gotta do something. I’m a first-round pick. There’s expectations, and all that.
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> “This is my third year.”
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> But exactly how difficult has it been to try and adjust to a different coordinator, literally annually?
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> “It’s not hard, bro.” said Smith. “It’s just that everybody sees things a little differently. You gotta \[understand\] it’s my job to get on the same page with each and every person that comes in this building.”
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> Credit him for the self-awareness and accountability, and for remaining hellbent on making an impact for the Cowboys, still holding his head high as he sticks to the grind of trying to figure out how to be a key piece of what Eberflus does on a weekly basis — at a huge position of need, no less.