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What the Jets have in a rugby star
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08:03 AM ET 04.10 | Were the New York Jets suffering from a little Gronkowski envy? Last week, the team signed Hayden Smith, an Australia native and champion rugby player who will turn 27 on Tuesday. It's a smart gambit for Gang Green, who roll the dice on an athletic big man with the hope he takes to the game as a tight end. Best-case scenario, you get your own Antonio Gates. Worst case? You have some entertaining practice tape and Smith gets another stamp on his passport. ... Smith (6-foot-7, 240 pounds) is a large man who can also move. His college hoops background suggests he's not Frankenstein in shorts, and his reported 4.75 time in the 40 certainly qualifies as NFL-level athleticism.
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But Gronk and Antonio Gates both have All-Pro caliber QBs throwing them the rock. The Jets have.....well......Sanchez & Tebow!
BrownQJ: Bulls Gone…
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The Jets SUCK!
clemtheslowson
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What's so smart about signing a rugby player with a basketball background?
TxHeat
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The Jets are reaching.... Not sure what for, but they're reaching.
Robataille
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The circus continues, mate.
SouthernBlueFan
Auburn , AL
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Morning Mick.
<flips belated quarter to Mangler>
clemtheslowson
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The Giants signed a 6-7 receiver out of Baylor a few years ago and he hasn't cracked the starting lineup yet. Takes more than just size.
SouthernBlueFan
Auburn , AL
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I come to the conclusion that Rex Ryan has a weight problem. Among other things.
Wawa-we-wa
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They signed a missionary who runs a football from the QB position. They may not field a quality team but they will be diverse.
Lightly Salted Nuts
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Nice! They can have a guy that can't throw to a guy that can't run a route.
TxHeat
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I thought they were talking about Tebow, at first.
Robataille
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Cmon interns...do you have to use Fat Rexys photo for every Jets article???
High Plains Drifter.
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Morning all, running late....and...
THE JETS SUCK!!!
Mangler.
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All these odd moves does take the conversation off of an under achieving, fractured locker room team of misfits who extended the contracts of the two major causes for dysfunction in Holmes and Sanchez.
50yearfan
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And in other news, the Patriots have hired David Beckham as a speed coach to teach their players to avoid rugby players at all cost. Film at eleven....
PantherPacker Fam
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