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[Andre Smith]e|/nfl/players/9270 Is ???The Biggest Loser???
cnbc.com | February 23, 2009 | 09:19 AM EST
I spent much of the weekend watching the NFL Combine on the NFL Network. When you know who the players are, its actually pretty compelling television. Why? Because, for some people, fortunes are made or lost here.
But just like the NFL Draft, I found out that the greatest drama and intrigue isnt what is happening, its what is not happening. It started with the top wide receiver Michael Crabtree sitting out because a stress fracture in his foot and it didnt get any crazier than Alabama offensive tackle [Andre Smith]e leaving the Combine without telling anyone.
Its one thing to decide to sit out because you are clearly out of shape, as Smith was, its another to go missing. Before Smith missed the Sugar Bowl because of dealings with an agent, many people had him as the No. 1 pick in this years draft.
But for a guy who admitted he became a left tackle because his father told him in the sixth grade it was going to be the highest paid position, Smith might have cost himself the most Benjamins weve ever seen with only two months to go before names are called.
Figure Smith would have pulled in a guaranteed $30 million as the No. 1 pick of this years draft. We think thats fair considering last years No. 1 pick Jake Long was an offensive tackle like Smith and were accounting for the fact that the economics of the game might not provide for the usual bump that happens each year.
This morning, Peter King told "The Dan Patrick Show" that, as of now, Smith is down to the bottom of the first round. So lets see how much Smith could have lost.
Lets put Smith as the fourth offensive tackle taken behind Jason Smith, Eugene Monroe and Michael Oher. Since so many teams took offensive tackles last year in the first round, well put Smith as going to the Philadelphia Eagles at No. 28.
The 28th pick last year was Lawrence Jackson, who received $6.1 million in guaranteed money. Well give Smith the benefit of the doubt here and say hell get similar guaranteed money to what Duane Brown got at No. 26 last year ($6.2 million).
If it goes down like this, Smith would have lost $23.8 million.
Who knows if this will happen. Smith could recover during his pro day and could jump back into the fray. But one thing is for sure, his flake out this weekend definitely means hes not going No. 1 anymore.
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