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Better Know a Freshman: Maason Smith

No matter how much football changes where offenses rule and scoring points is a premium one thing will never fade away: if your defensive front four can get pressure, especially in the interior, you can derail even the greatest of offenses.

Look no further than Super Bowl 55 when a Tampa Bay Buccaneer defense unleashed hell on a vulnerable Kansas City Chief offensive line and made life miserable for Patrick Mahomes. Getting pressure on a quarterback and disrupting his pocket will always be a winning formula and it’s something that Ed Orgeron hopefully has in Maason Smith.

The Story

Maason Smith and Ed Orgeron are both from the bayous of Louisiana.