The Oakland Raiders made a big investment in cornerback Sean Smith last year – an investment that, thus far, hasn’t paid off. Though dealing with an injury for much of the year, the embattled cornerback had a nightmare season in 2016. And thus far in 2017, it hasn’t gotten a lot better for him.
Smith has struggled throughout camp, at times even running with the second team, and in the first preseason game with Arizona, he didn’t acquit himself particularly well – but then, the secondary as a whole, wasn’t exactly crisp and sharp.
However, Smith was brought in to be the playmaker he was in Kansas City and lock down one side of the field.