{"id":458,"date":"2013-04-10T20:25:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T01:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/wordpress\/?p=458"},"modified":"2022-01-29T22:48:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T04:48:30","slug":"interview-with-buffalo-bills-quarterbackwide-receiverall-around-stud-brad-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/interview-with-buffalo-bills-quarterbackwide-receiverall-around-stud-brad-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Smith: Most Versatile (QB\/WR\/KR\/RB) NFL Player Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3013\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3013 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/brad-smith-nfl.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Smith Scores A Touchdown For The Buffalo Bills\" width=\"594\" height=\"467\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3013 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/brad-smith-nfl.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Smith Scores A Touchdown For The Buffalo Bills\" width=\"594\" height=\"467\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Smith returns another kick for a TD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Brad Smith is entering his eighth year in the NFL and is the most versatile player in the league right now.<\/h1>\n<p>For some reason, it\u2019s easy to overlook people with multiple skills, while those with one dominant skill set are exalted.<\/p>\n<p>Einstein was great with \u201cmafffs\u2019, but how was he in the sack?<\/p>\n<p>Ron Jeremy never met a girl he couldn\u2019t \u201cplease\u201d, but what\u2019s his stance on the Middle East and politics in general?<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jong Un is good at\u2026.something<\/p>\n<h2>Brad Smith\u00a0is the most versatile player in the league right now.<\/h2>\n<p>He is far too humble to ever say that (perhaps the most humble person I\u2019ve interviewed in 13 years of interviews), but it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>In college, he was one of the best dual threat quarterbacks in history, leaving the University of Missouri with every conceivable offensive record, including both the all-time rushing yardage and total yardage records.<\/p>\n<h2>As a pro, Smith scored 14 career touchdowns in <em>five different ways<\/em>. Quick- think of one thing you can do in five different ways <em>successfully<\/em>. I know, man. I couldn\u2019t think of anything either.<\/h2>\n<p>I spoke with Brad this week about his time at <em>Men\u2019s Health<\/em> as an intern, stupid kickoff return rules we both dislike, Russell Wilson and Eric Mangini versus Rex Ryan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paulie E: How did the internship at <em>Men\u2019s Health<\/em> come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brad Smith:<\/strong> It was cool. My publicist Eddie put it together. I hooked up with the fashion and style department and meet the fashion editor get to know him what he does and kind of how the whole staff works<\/p>\n<div><strong>Do you have any interest in fashion beyond football?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I do have an appreciation for fashion, like most guys I prefer to look nice and dress debonair. However, I wanted to go behind the scenes understand the true essence behind fashion, the clothes, the designers, the concepts, the shoes and everything that encompasses it to what is seen during fashion week. Most importantly, I wanted to see how designers and companies put the shows together, how different media companies help shape the image of certain companies to what we see on stage for that brief period of time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What was it like to be so dominant in college?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uhhhh thanks for the compliment\u2026.I don\u2019t think I was. We did some good things on the field, made some plays\u00a0 but you\u2019d have to ask somebody like Vince Young who won a championship, Ricky Williams, guys like that, who won award and the Heisman trophy. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I had a great time- learned a lot about myself. Met some people I have great relationships with today. So that\u2019s the biggest part I cherish the long lasting relationships, rather than football.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since you\u2019ve been in the league we\u2019ve seen an evolution where a QB who can run, like a Russell Wilson type, has become really valuable. Why do you think that\u2019s happened now and what started the shift since you got into the league?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think there\u2019s always been this type of player in the league, it\u2019s not new- you\u2019ve always had guys like Fran Tarkenton, Steve Young, Randall Cunningham and other guys like that who have had a lot of success. Players like that are hard to find and I think that\u2019s a big part of it where colleges are going to the zone read- that\u2019s not all that these guys can do. You can be multi-dimensional and people start saying, \u201chey they have to defend this, and then this.\u201d Then, their running back gets more yards in the hole because they\u2019re worried about <i>this<\/i>.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about scheme, man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In your pro career you\u2019ve been used in a myriad of ways- wide receiver, quarterback, kick return, running back, special teams- is there a way that you visualize yourself as a player?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been crazy experience going on eight years now- because it\u2019s always something new. First, I come in, work at receiver for a few plays, then I go to running back, coach calls a few plays, did that. Then go to quarterback and work on those plays. Then I will hear the coach say, \u201cHey can you return kicks?\u201d So, I tried that. Then its special teams tackling and blocking. So I just got an appreciation for the entire game but just want to make sure I help the team. There\u2019s no play that doesn\u2019t matter- every play matters. I don\u2019t know how to look at it any other way than that I\u2019m just a football player who wants to win and get a Super Bowl championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you in five times the meetings during the week that a normal player at one position is in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, not really. You just learn how to multitask as far as your assignments. You have special teams meeting then you go get your assignment. Then I go to offensive meetings and get specific plays at QB. It\u2019s not like I have to read the coverage all the time, it\u2019s just on certain plays, or I read the fronts scheme I see on the defensive side. So there are certain things I know when I\u2019m pegged down, I need to look for and make a check and things like that; I get those adjustments from the coaches. So, it\u2019s not too bad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One thing I don\u2019t like as a fan are the new kick return rules- it\u2019s taken a lot of fun out of kick returns. How do you feel about that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel the same way. It\u2019s definitely added a drag to the game. About half the time now the ball is going out of the end zone and if it doesn\u2019t most teams don\u2019t bring it out deep. You\u2019ve got a lot of teams that <i>do<\/i> bring it out. You\u2019re going to see more and more teams just taking a chance and bringing it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does that enter your mind when you\u2019re fielding a kick- \u201cOK, I\u2019m seven yards deep\u201d. Or do you look at the blocking in front of you and how successful it is?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The way we do it in Buffalo, he (special teams coach) gives us certain yards where we have to, \u201cif it\u2019s deeper than <i>this<\/i> you stay in. But if it\u2019s not, you can bring it out.\u201d It was tough at times because you want to make a play and bring it out every time. But coach didn\u2019t want you to do it, so you just put the team first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s it been like to go from the media \u201cMecca\u201d of New York, to the Buffalo media scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been cool, actually. In New York there are 30-40 media people in the room. In Buffalo, there\u2019s 10-12, if that. It\u2019s cool. It\u2019s a different setting here, a different vibe, people are more relaxed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With the Jets you had a 106 yard kickoff return for a TUD, the longest in franchise history. What do you get more exhilaration out of; that, or a 32 yard scamper for a TUD?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter to me (laughing, presumably because of the way a 33 year old man said the word \u201cTUUUD\u201c). If it\u2019s running, blocking a kick, it doesn\u2019t matter. What matters to me is did I do something to help my team win, that day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With a new coaching staff coming to Buffalo, have you gotten any insight into how things will be operating next year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, not really. At this point with the new rules, they can\u2019t have communication with us to that point. Basically just came in and said \u201cHi\u201d, introduced themselves, that\u2019s all they can do until we get to work next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to play QB more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m always a quarterback first; it\u2019s what I\u2019ve done my whole life. And I have fun doing it, but I\u2019ve done all kinds of stuff. Whatever they ask me to do is what I\u2019m going to do. That\u2019s how I look at it man- whatever I can do to help the team win is what I will do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With the Jets you were there from the transition between Eric Mangini to Rex Ryan- what was that like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a good transition, the support group they have there is unbelievable from the training staff to the strength staff at the time- they all made it a smooth transition. Coach Mangini- I learned stuff I still use to prepare for games to this day from coach Mangini. He was one of the most detail oriented coaches I\u2019ve ever been around. Rex gets you to play and let it loose 100% so you don\u2019t have to think, I picked that up from Rex. We\u2019ll see how it goes with coach Marrone.<\/p>\n<p>Brad started a charity in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio called \u201cBrad Smith True Foundation 16\u201d. Check out the website at www.Truefoundation16.org. And give Brad a shout on Facebook and Twitter- Do it <em>NOW<\/em>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Smith is entering his eighth year in the NFL and is the most versatile player in the league right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,221],"tags":[1705],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-nfl","tag-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brad Smith: Most Versatile (QB\/WR\/KR\/RB) NFL Player Ever?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For some reason, it\u2019s easy to overlook people with multiple skills. 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