OT- 49ers Justin Smith retires

[ajcardfan]

The Niners D takes another hit this offseason....

http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fa...nounce-retirement-of-pro-bowl-dt-justin-smith

 

[splitsecond]

God is real.

 

[BigRedRage]

Have fun #90 with that extra 500k.

 

[NoelPHX]

It's Darnell and the Who? on that defense.

 

[juza76]

San francisco for ritired

 

[ARZCardinals]

Glad he's gone. He was a wrecking ball. At least Veldheer could take him.

Nothing but respect for Smith...he was a great player!

 

[Russ Smith]

There's an article in the paper that says they have 9 players rehabbing from torn ACL's this year. That is guys who were hurt last year so I'm assuming Dockett is one of them.

Apparently some of the press is starting to wonder if the turf issues at the new stadium are the problem, but I'm not sure how many of them were even hurt while playing there.

 

[Cardiac]

Glad he's gone. He was a wrecking ball. At least Veldheer could take him.

Nothing but respect for Smith...he was a great player!

Aldon Smith may not have as much success without Justin freeing him up to make plays.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Ooooof.....

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Justin Smith Retired
Patrick Willis Retired
Chris Borland Retired
Ray McDonald CHI
Perrish Cox TENN
Chris Culliver WASH
Dan Skuta JAX

 

[Brian]

Glad he's gone. He was a wrecking ball. At least Veldheer could take him.

Nothing but respect for Smith...he was a great player!

This and more this. Been waiting years for him to retire, but that's only because of the respect I have of his game.

Thank God that's over.

 

[Dr. Jones]

What a warrior. Even if he did hold every other play when the OLB stunted inside.

Would have loved to have this guy on our squad.

 

[Cheesebeef]

lol at Dockett's hypocritical *******.

 

[cardpa]

Ooooof.....

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Justin Smith Retired
Patrick Willis Retired
Chris Borland Retired
Ray McDonald CHI
Perrish Cox TENN
Chris Culliver WASH
Dan Skuta JAX

Out side of Stuka weren't the rest all starters? If this is correct then it's got to be pretty tough to replace half of your starting lineup on defense and expect to maintain the level you were at. Hope we play them early.

 

[Ronin]

Out side of Stuka weren't the rest all starters? If this is correct then it's got to be pretty tough to replace half of your starting lineup on defense and expect to maintain the level you were at. Hope we play them early.

3rd game of the season.

 

[GuernseyCard]

Borderline Hall of Famer, to my mind.

 

[splitsecond]

God I hope we can put a 50 burger on them this year. I want to see that bandwagon crawl back into their hole in the ghetto where they belong.

 

[Seandonic]

What a great player. So glad the Cards don't have to face him twice a year anymore.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Justin Smith was also another Cardinals draft miss. I remember the team was considering draft him or Leonard Davis....