{"id":13944,"date":"2023-08-18T00:36:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T05:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=13944"},"modified":"2023-08-18T00:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T05:36:54","slug":"nolan-smith-suffers-injury-goes-to-locker-room-after-injury-against-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/nolan-smith-suffers-injury-goes-to-locker-room-after-injury-against-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Smith suffers injury, goes to locker room after injury against Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Georgia star Nolan Smith has looked impressive in fall camp this offseason for the Philadelphia Eagles. He certainly looks poised to show much of the NFL that they made a huge mistake by letting him drop all the way to No. 30 in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. On Thursday night against the Cleveland Browns in the preseason, Smith made an impressive tackle, but got caught up in some friendly fire from one of his own teammates. He was seen walking off the field with trainers to the sideline, where he went into the medical tent. A few minutes later, Smith was seen walking with the medical staff to the Eagles\u2019 locker room.<\/p>\n

Check out the play here.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Schwartz is a former track star and ran a 4.25 40-yard dash. <\/p>\n

And Nolan Smith chases him down on this WR reverse pic.twitter.com\/shiGpr2gGx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brenden Deeg (@BrendenDeeg_) August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

For more on Smith and his impressive first few months with the Eagles, check out the article below from On3\u2019s Nick Geddes.<\/p>\n

Nolan Smith<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was thought to have been a draft day steal after the Philadelphia Eagles snagged the former Georgia standout with the 30th pick of the first-round.<\/p>\n

Thus far through training camp, that\u2019s been the correct characterization with Smith one of the early standouts. Eagles offensive tackle\u00a0Jordan Mailata<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0went a step further with his praise, saying that Smith reminds him of a player who racked up 16.0 sacks last season \u2014 teammate\u00a0Haason Reddick<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMini Haason Reddick, man,\u201d Mailata said, via\u00a0EJ Smith of the\u00a0Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s elusive, quick, he\u2019s a smart player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith enters his rookie season in the NFL following four accomplished and productive seasons with the Bulldogs. He was a perennial starter and an important leader in Georgia\u2019s back-to-back national championship wins. Smith ended his collegiate career with 114 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, and an interception. He started eight games last season for the Bulldogs before suffering a season-ending torn pectoral muscle against Florida.<\/p>\n

Ahead of his NFL debut Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens, Smith reflected on the injury which cut his final season short at Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt don\u2019t matter, preseason, practice, I\u2019m giving it my all because I remember that feeling in my heart when I couldn\u2019t play another snap,\u201d Smith said. \u201cMost people think it\u2019s a game but, man, if you really live that shit day in and day out, and you walk off that field and knowing \u2018Man, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s going to be my last snap\u2019\u2026well, you\u2019ll go hard, harder than you\u2019ve even been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nolan Smith earning high praise from Eagles teammates<\/h2>\n

It certainly hasn\u2019t taken long for Smith to earn praise from his teammates, including veteran offensive tackle\u00a0Lane Johnson<\/a><\/strong>. While Mailata compared Smith to a mini Reddick, Johnson said he sees a lot of Dallas Cowboys edge rusher\u00a0Micah Parsons<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not comparing him to this guy, but you see Micah Parsons,\u201d Johnson recently said, via\u00a0NBC Sports<\/em>\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>. \u201cA guy that has tremendous speed, was undersized, was at linebacker and then they put him on the line of scrimmage and you see what he\u2019s doing now. A guy with that type of quickness, that type of burst is a threat every time he\u2019s on the ball because he can get a tackle turned. And once he does that, he can kind of have his way. You can never have enough explosive guys on the edge. Everybody has their uniqueness.\u201d<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s Nick Geddes<\/a><\/strong> also contributed to this article.<\/p>\n

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