Brad Smith is a nice player. He can do all sorts of things and can score from anywhere on the field with his speed. He can run the ball. He can catch some passes. He can even throw out of the wildcat and he returned two kickoffs to the house last year. However, the Bills already have someone who can do what I just said. They spent the 9th overall pick on him a year ago, CJ Spiller. I don’t hate the move, but Smith just seems redundant and the Bills are not in a position as a franchise to be doubling up on accessories like Spiller and Smith. Maybe they’re going to have Spiller focus more on offense and make Smith their primary kick returner, to keep Spiller healthy, but if that’s the case then they just gave a 4 year deal to a kick returner and kick returners have notoriously short shelf lives.
Grade: C