There were high hopes for the defensive end rotation this season of Robert Ayers, rookie Noah Spence, and Jacquies Smith. Unfortunately, one of those players will miss the remaining fifteen games of the 2016 season. Jacquies Smith was carted off the field Sunday in the Georgia Dome with a knee injury. It was revealed today that he did, in fact, tear his ACL and will be out for a year with surgery and rehab.
Smith was one of the focal points of the defensive line as he looked to improve on last year’s seven sack performance.