SI: Ten players on the decline

SI.com - Writers - Bucky Brooks: Ten players on the decline - Thursday June 14, 2007 3:20PM (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/bucky_brooks/06/12/players.on.decline/index.html)

SHAWN SPRINGS, CB, WASHINGTON
A physically gifted player who never quite played up to his athleticism, Springs surprised many with his bounce-back performance in his first season in Washington. But that performance has been followed by two consecutive sub-par years. With his injury history and inconsistent confidence, Smith may never regain his status as an elite cover corner.

all i know is that the redskins are much better with springs in the line up

they also call springs smith in the last sentence. Maybe this amateur is talking about Will Smith the actor / football player and not Shawn Springs. THINK ABOUT IT.

See this is dumb. I would say "duh" to the fact that he is declining because he is getting old. But to assert he has had two sub-par yearas without mentioning that the reason was because he has been hurt is just stupid. The he calls him Smith and shows how little of an effort he put into this.

He has been very injury prone in his career, but I think he is still great when healthy.

He has been very injury prone in his career, but I think he is still great when healthy.

Here's another misconception that needs to be rooted out. He has not been terribly injury prone. He had one injury in Seattle that caused him to miss time. He has only recently been more fragile as he has gotten older.

He's only played 3 full season out of 10. Granted a few were seasons where he'd miss 1 game, but he still showed a propensity to get injured. Bad luck or not, the guy misses a lot of time. I think he's a good player, but I, for one, am sick of him being out of the lineup.

Seems to me the only one on the decline is Bucky. What a crappy journalist. Go back to covering field hockey old man. The NFL is obviously too complicated for a schmuck such as yourself.

they also call springs smith in the last sentence. Maybe this amateur is talking about Will Smith the actor / football player and not Shawn Springs. THINK ABOUT IT.


Did you read the article, or just Matty's post? In the article he did refer to him as Springs in that last sentence.

Springs needs to stay healthy if his status is going to be upgraded.

I'm sure the Smith part was corrected at some point.