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Eric Smith Thinks the NFL Tried to Made an Example of Him

By Josh AlperOct 17th 2008 – 8:40AM

Eric Smith will be back with the Jets on Sunday after serving his one-game suspension for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Anquan Boldin. He's not through talking about the decision to suspend and fine him $50,000 for the incident, though. Smith feels that the NFL was using him as the poster boy for bad behavior and is upset that...

Eric Smith Appeals Suspension For Hit on Anquan Boldin

By Josh AlperOct 6th 2008 – 3:30PM

While he was Sorting the Sunday Pile this morning, Ryan Wilson touched on the murky waters that the NFL's rules governing helmet-to-helmet hits call home. Adrian Wilson of the Cardinals probably will be fined for his hit on Trent Edwards yesterday but he's unlikely to be suspended for the infraction. That's a pretty stark...

Eric Smith Suspended One Game and Fined 50K for Helmet to Helmet on Boldin

By Will BrinsonSep 29th 2008 – 8:10PM

You have already seen the video of Anquan Boldin getting absolutely destroyed by Eric Smith in the Jets - Cardinals blowout on Sunday. The NFL has now taken swift, and somewhat appropriate, action against Smith, by suspending him for one game and fining him $50,000.Specifically, on a pass play on Sunday, Smith engaged in...

Random YouTube Magic: Anquan Boldin Gets KTFO by Eric Smith's Cheap Shot

By Will BrinsonSep 29th 2008 – 1:50PM

Eric Smith destroyed Anquan Boldin in yesterday's Cardinals/Jets game to the point that Boldin had to be taken off the field on a stretcher. It was a cheap shot -- helmet to helmet, natch -- which you will see if you wait for the replay to slow down.The problems with this hit are astounding. First of all, what the hell was...

Giants Behind Jet Lines: Five Questions With an Enemy Blogger

By DanOct 4th 2007 – 7:24PM

Welcome to another successful installment of Five Questions with an Enemy Blogger, where each week, via email, I will be exchanging hot questions and [sometimes] answers with a rival blogger about their team and the upcoming matchup.This week I sat down with Brian Bassett of The Jets Blog, an independent column that covers...

EricSmith News From the Web

  • 05/25/12 Torch relay invader 'rugby-tackled into hedge' Source: Get Surrey - Surrey - UK OLYMPICS security guards tackled an over-excited spectator into a hedge while a Woking grandad serenely carried the flame on only its third leg.
  • 05/23/12 How safe is your online banking? Source: ABC - NewsChannel 5 - Cleveland OH A Chagrin Falls man lost $50,000 after computer hackers tapped into his online bank account.
  • 05/23/12 Fire chief choice to explore local staffing Source: Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester MA With four fire stations, 63 on-the-line firefighters and a tightening fiscal climate, his fire department in Westland, Mich., faces some of the same pressures that Gloucester's does.
  • 05/22/12 8 New York Jets That Must Step Up and Improve in 2012 Source: Bleacher Report Eric Smith was a major reason why the Jets interior pass defense was one of the worst in the league in 2011.
  • 05/22/12 Michigan man is mayor's pick for fire chief Source: Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester MA Capping a nine-month search, Mayor Carolyn Kirk on Monday chose a deputy chief from a fire department in suburban Detroit to become the next leader of the Gloucester Fire Department.

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