Andre Smith practicing

[Bengals1181]

[quote][size="5"][b]Tuesday notes: Andre Smith practicing[/b][/size]

By GEOFF HOBSON

Posted 3 hours ago

Updated: 4: 55 p.m.

Right tackle Andre Smith returned to the field for the first time since the playoff game seven months ago on Tuesday afternoon and admitted there was some excitement in the air.

“But the thing to remember is you have to keep working hard,” Smith said.

Before Smith left the locker room for the field, head strength coach Chip Morton shook his hand and spoke to him and, why not? Morton and Smith have been hooked at the hip since the first day of training camp on July 28 when Smith arrived battling foot and weight issues.

With Morton, as well as assistant Jeff Friday and weight-room assistants Carlos Woods and Bill Zenisek overseeing his three workouts a day, head coach Marvin Lewis let Smith hit the field. That now means he’s not eligible to be on the physically unable to perform list. It also means that he’s passed his conditioning test, according to Morton.

“He’s lost a significant amount of weight,” said Morton, who wouldn’t elaborate. “He has a ways to go. But from what we’ve seen in this three-week process, he’s been very committed and worked very hard.”

Published reports said Smith was in the 370-pound range early in camp, but he didn’t look that big Tuesday.

Smith had to deal with February surgery to finish repairing the broken foot that knocked him out of the first 10 games last season. He missed all of the spring camps and hasn’t had chance to work on his technique.

“I feel good. I won’t need too much WD 40,” he said of potential rust.

[b]» ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that Bengals SAM linebacker Rey Maualuga has won an appeal and won't be suspended by the NFL for January's DUI.[/b] The league then released a statement Tuesday that said Maualuga "has been fined two game checks and will forfeit an additional 2/17 of his signing bonus attributable to 2010 for an alcohol-related violation of law (DUI) that is also a violation of the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse."

PFT put the fine at $46,470.08.

Usually first-time offenders in similar cases face only a fine, but apparently the league felt Maualuga hitting some parked cars went beyond normal circumstances. Maualuga is starting his second straight season at SAM but he got a lot of snaps at middle linebacker in Sunday's 33-24 win over Denver.

[b]» Center Kyle Cook (ankle) said he'll be back to practice Wednesday after sitting out Tuesday.[/b]

And linebacker/fullback Dan Skuta (ankle) probably won't practice Tuesday. Both left Sunday's game. But they could be ready for Friday's 8 p.m. game at Paul Brown Stadium against the Eagles.

[b]» If that game isn't sold out, it won't be on live or tape delayed in local TV markets because Fox is carrying the game nationally with Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston in the booth.[/b]

[b]» Also not working Tuesday [/b]and working on the side were defensive linemen Robert Geathers (foot) and Antwan Odom, who may just be resting his Achilles, as well as fullback Fui Vakapuna (shoulder), right guard Otis Hudson (tests), left guard Evan Mathis (unknown), linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy (hamstring), and cornerbacks Brandon Ghee (hamstring) and Adam Jones. Jones left Sunday’s game with a headache but was in uniform (sans shells and helmets) running sprints on the sideline.

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[Inigo Montoya]

Andre practicing removes him from PUP list consideration. First good news in awhile for him.


Also good news on Maualuga being fined and not suspended.

[Jeb]

This is the second year in a row he's missed training camp, ...Yay!

[fredtoast]

As excited as I am about the acquisition of T.O., Gresham, Shipley, and (hopefully) Antonio Bryant getting Andre playing at 100% coulod actually have more of an impact than any of them. None of those weapons mean anything if Carson doesn't have time to deliver the ball. I guess what I am trying to say is
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[claptonrocks]

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As excited as I am about the acquisition of T.O., Gresham, Shipley, and (hopefully) Antonio Bryant getting Andre playing at 100% coulod actually have more of an impact than any of them. None of those weapons mean anything if Carson doesn't have time to deliver the ball. I guess what I am trying to say is
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considered by many to be the best college lineman ( regardless of his build ) in his time at Alabama and thought highly enough of the Bengals to draft him I would agree that Smith is the biggest plus in camp if all works out ..
Wonder how much weight he sweated off with Morton in those 6 weeks...it was scorching during that time..
Im thinking 25 lbs wouldnt be unusual would it?

[Arkansas Bengal]

I wonder if Stephens performance Sunday night has anything to do with Kyle Cook coming back to practice on Wednesday.

[Rick]

[quote name='Arkansas Bengal' timestamp='1282082902' post='907257']
I wonder if Stephens performance Sunday night has anything to do with Kyle Cook coming back to practice on Wednesday.
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Stephens did a great job out there!

[Bengals1181]

[quote name='Arkansas Bengal' timestamp='1282082902' post='907257']
I wonder if Stephens performance Sunday night has anything to do with Kyle Cook coming back to practice on Wednesday.
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doubt it. Even during the game they said it wasn't too bad of an injury.


Stephens was playing against backups.

[BengalsOwn]

[quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1282086319' post='907282']
Stephens was playing against backups.
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Quoted for emphasis.

[Bengals1181]

[quote][size="5"][b]Smith practices[/b][/size]

Posted by jreedy August 17th, 2010, 7:34 pm

Less than a week after coach Marvin Lewis expressed disappointment in last year’s first-round pick, lo and behold Andre Smith was on the practice field taking part in all the drills.

Prior to Tuesday, the only glimpse anyone saw of Smith at training camp was doing conditioning workouts.

Said Smith to assess his first practice of the season: “I’m alive. It went pretty good. I was kind of off but a couple of cans of WD-40 and I’ll be all right. I need to get in football shape.”

Smith took part in all of the drills with the second team. When asked if Smith might see some action in Friday’s game against Philadelphia, the only thing Lewis said is “we’ll see.”

“He’s been doing as much as he can do. It was good to let him start practicing,” Lewis added.

Said Smith about how his left foot fared after the first practice: “It feels good. I just have to build confidence in it. That’s really what I’m really doing right now,” Smith said.

Since Smith now can not be placed on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, the bigger question is if he will be ready in time for the Sept. 12 opener against New England. For each game Smith is not part of the active 45 and weighs over 350 pounds, he loses half of his base salary for that week

Smith said he is very confident he will be ready while others are taking a more cautious approach.

“He has a lot of work to do and we don’t have much time,” offensive line coach Paul Alexander said.[/quote]



http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/2010/08/17/smith-practices/

[|Bunghole|]

Well...that's a start I guess. Hopefully he doesn't injure anything else. We need him to be good. Locking up the RT position for the entire season with a talented guy that just mauls defenders would be a nice change from 2009.

[oldschooler]

[b][size="5"]First step[/size][/b]
By GEOFF HOBSON

Updated: 9:15 p.m.

Left tackle [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/andrew-whitworth/3a81696e-e6b3-4abd-8dd0-85e8748fa086/"][color="#f04e23"]Andrew Whitworth[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] isn't the only Bengals offensive lineman that has been getting on Andre Smith for missing so much practice.

Hounded by conditioning issues that have plagued his injured foot for the last 50 weeks, Smith practiced for the first time since January Tuesday in the Bengals' first practice at Paul Brown Stadium since they broke training camp last week.

It's only because they feel like he can add so much at right tackle for a line that is already taking heat even though last season they finished ninth in rushing and 10[sup][size="1"]th[/size][/sup] in fewest sacks per pass. People forget that in the final seven games of last season when Smith was able to return to the lineup, his strength and physical prowess impressed them mightily even though he only played about 25 to 30 percent of the snaps in most games.

Whitworth hasn't forgotten.

"He's a talented player. He's produced. He's played really well at a high level," Whitworth said. "He's definitely a talent. He's got all the skills to be a really good football player, so we're excited to have him out there."

Whitworth has been getting on him because in his two seasons he has yet to take a snap at the Bengals' summer home of Georgetown College. Last year disappeared in a month-long holdout and this year his foot and conditioning doomed him to head coach Marvin Lewis' physically unable to perform list (PUP) and doghouse. Maybe not in that order.

"But we've all been on him about that," Whitworth said with a smile of Georgetown. "He's working hard. Trying to get all that pressure off his foot by losing weight and all that kind of stuff. He's done well. Heck, we're just ready to get him out there playing and getting him some reps."

And he needs those reps as evidence by offensive line coach Paul Alexander's reaction to that first practice.

"It looked like he hasn't been practicing," Alexander said and Smith agreed he is behind on his technique.

"It was off," he said. "A couple of cans of WD40 I should be all right."

Lewis didn't say much about Smith's day, In fact, he said he didn't watch him and would wait until he sees tape of Smith working with the second team behind starter [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/dennis-roland/c75f3b1c-fdcf-4326-8005-cff3ad960c4e/"][color="#f04e23"]Dennis Roland[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url]. He's not sure if he'll put him in there Friday night against the Eagles at Paul Brown Stadium, but the next game, Aug. 28 in Buffalo would seem to be for sure.

Smith says he's "very confident," he'll be ready for the Sept. 12 regular-season opener in New England as he bids to make his second NFL start. He has been dealing with February surgery to insert a pin designed to finish repairing the broken foot that knocked him out of the first 10 games last season. He broke it his third day after ending his holdout on Sept. 1 on top of missing all the spring camps. But the skein ended Tuesday as he shook hands with Bengals strength coach Chip Morton while leaving the locker room for practice.

And why not? Morton and Smith have been hooked at the hip since the first day of training camp on July 28 when Smith arrived battling the foot and weight issues and was deemed not ready.

With Morton, as well as assistant Jeff Friday and weight-room assistants Carlos Woods and Bill Zenisek overseeing his three workouts a day, Lewis let Smith hit the field. That now means he's not eligible to be on the physically unable to perform list. It also means that he's passed his conditioning test, according to Morton.

"He's lost a significant amount of weight," said Morton, who wouldn't elaborate. "He has a ways to go. But from what we've seen in this three-week process, he's been very committed and worked very hard."

Published reports said Smith was in the 370-pound range early in camp, but he didn't look that big Tuesday.

I lost a few pounds," he said. "Overall the conditioning stayed about the same, they were really impressed with my conditioning."

Indeed, Morton said Tuesday that "it may sound weird," but they were taken aback by his level of fitness when he reported back on the 28[sup][size="1"]th[/size][/sup]. Smith said the foot problem "hindered," his conditioning, but Morton took care of that with a grueling regimen that began at 5:30 a.m. each day.

"A lot of cardio and a lot of burning calories," Morton said. "In the morning we worked heavily doing that and then later in the day we would switch to more football related drills. I think he's shown great effort. And this was a day-long deal. I told him it doesn't end each day until your head hits the pillow at night."

Lewis didn't hide his disdain for Smith's progress and threatened to put him on PUP to start the season if it didn't get better.

"He's being a coach trying to push me," Smith said. "I had great motivation from Chip and Jeff and everyone in the weight room. Everything was hard.

"Yes I do, indeed," said Smith, when asked if his camp was harder than the other. I was by myself for one thing. The football stuff was easier."

Now, it is the football stuff.

"I'm alive, so it must have went pretty good," said Smith, hoping for some more good than that after a tough 50 weeks.



[b]SLANTS AND SCREENS [/b]

» [b]The Bengals waived last year's fourth-round pick, center [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/jonathan-luigs/378afd7d-0735-4f69-a3a4-b54a6c7613a8/"][color="#f04e23"]Jonathan Luigs[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url][/b] out of Arkansas. Luigs had hip surgery in the offseason and hardly practiced in the spring and at training camp. Since he was waived and not waived injured, the indication is he won't revert to any lists if he clears waivers and that he won't return. Luigs played in eight games last season backing up [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/kyle-cook/08372b6a-54c6-41a4-9f45-cda2ee64e29c/"][color="#f04e23"]Kyle Cook[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url].

The move came on the heels of rookie [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/reggie-stephens/c07fc070-6f72-494f-ac11-5f42bd3f6b38/"][color="#f04e23"]Reggie Stephens[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url]' solid outing with the first team in Sunday night's 33-24 win over Denver in which the seventh-rounder from Iowa State played the final three quarters.

"I think Reggie has really progressed and that's great to see," Lewis said after practice.

» [b]ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that Bengals SAM linebacker [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/rey-maualuga/72e4f750-08d1-4fa5-abee-a5cfebe1389b/"][color="#f04e23"]Rey Maualuga[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] has won an appeal[/b] and won't be suspended by the NFL for January's DUI. The league then released a statement Tuesday that said Maualuga "has been fined two game checks and will forfeit an additional 2/17 of his signing bonus attributable to 2010 for an alcohol-related violation of law (DUI) that is also a violation of the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse."

PFT put the fine at $46,470.08.

Usually first-time offenders in similar cases face only a fine, but apparently the league felt, at first, that Maualuga hitting some parked cars went beyond normal circumstances. Maualuga is starting his second straight season at SAM but he got a lot of snaps at middle linebacker in Sunday's 33-24 win over Denver.

And he is clearly relieved he's not going to miss any games, and it was obvious it had been hanging over his head for a couple of months.

"I feel great that we've got everything put behind me and now being able to concentrate and play football again," he said before practice. "I took care of what I was I able to take care of and let the rest take care of itself. I'm glad we appealed. Now I can concentrate on being a better football player."

» [b]Center Kyle Cook (ankle) said he'll be back to practice Wednesday[/b] after sitting out Tuesday.

And linebacker/fullback [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/dan-skuta/1a013160-8ab3-4f48-88a4-3959b11bdc34/"][color="#f04e23"]Dan Skuta[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (ankle) didn't practice Tuesday. Both left Sunday's game. But they could be ready for Friday's 8 p.m. game.

» [b]If that game isn't sold out, it won't be on live or tape delayed in local TV markets[/b] because Fox is carrying the game nationally with Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston in the booth.

» [b]Also not working Tuesday and working on the side [/b]were defensive linemen [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/robert-geathers/df33bdf1-58ad-48e6-9099-dd89edc34d0e/"][color="#f04e23"]Robert Geathers[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (foot) and [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/antwan-odom/47c696ff-c517-43f4-abc2-54629cc183a4/"][color="#f04e23"]Antwan Odom[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url], who may just be resting his Achilles, as well as fullback [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/fui-vakapuna/a3f6702b-4170-42e7-a20c-e2f022fb45fb/"][color="#f04e23"]Fui Vakapuna[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (shoulder), right guard [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/otis-hudson/7bac2734-2c22-4f7a-8be4-24fab3150aa9/"][color="#f04e23"]Otis Hudson[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (tests), left guard [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/evan-mathis/5441042d-508f-441b-beb7-1fc18c8a62ca/"][color="#f04e23"]Evan Mathis[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (unknown), linebacker [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/roddrick-muckelroy/b1bf7caf-486c-469a-97b4-cc13064cb140/"][color="#f04e23"]Roddrick Muckelroy[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (hamstring), and cornerbacks [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/brandon-ghee/d80d60e7-64a7-4899-83c1-584fb95fae5d/"][color="#f04e23"]Brandon Ghee[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url] (hamstring) and [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/adam-jones/70893f56-2c88-4a74-93ec-15f2886cca42/"][color="#f04e23"]Adam Jones[img]http://www.bengals.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif[/img][/color][/url]. Jones left Sunday's game with a headache but was in uniform (sans shells and helmets) running sprints on the sideline.

[CougarQuest]

[quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1282086319' post='907282']


Stephens was playing against backups.
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He was also out there with the starters. Carson was the QB when he first went in there.

[Bengals1181]

[quote name='CougarQuest' timestamp='1282098756' post='907343']
He was also out there with the starters. Carson was the QB when he first went in there.
[/quote]


I know, but he was matching up against 2nd and 3rd string nose tackles.


A couple people here are already ready to hand him the starting center job.

[Inigo Montoya]

[quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1282100884' post='907350']
I know, but he was matching up against 2nd and 3rd string nose tackles.


A couple people here are already ready to hand him the starting center job.
[/quote]


I'm just relieved Stephens looked semi-competent and didn't get Palmer killed. The level of competition isn't the best, that's for sure. Cook is still the starter without a doubt and it doesn't sound like his injury is serious.

[BengalsRZ]

I am thrilled to hear that Andre is back practicing. Let's hope we can see him in this weeks preseason game.

[-GoBengals-]

[quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1282100884' post='907350']
I know, but he was matching up against 2nd and 3rd string nose tackles.


[b]A couple people here are already ready to hand him the starting center job.[/b]
[/quote]

pretty close.

[scharm]

If the bengals had a ring of honor, I'd put Reggie Stephens in it.

He is who we thought he was, crown his ass.

[scharm]

Remember when people thought Fitz should get snaps over Carson? And were serious?


That was fun.

[oldschooler]

[b][url="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/17/welcome-back-andre-smith/"][size="5"]Welcome back, Andre Smith[/size][/url][/b]
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on August 17, 2010 8:34 PM ET


It looks like Bengals second-year tackle [url="http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=NFL&id=5099"]Andre Smith[/url] heard Marvin Lewis' message.

In a day of happy returns in the NFL, Smith's [url="http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Update-Andre-Smith-back-Luigs-cut/c20f58f0-55c8-45d1-89e1-c8dbd0e4e0df"]jump off the PUP list[/url] almost went unnoticed. Well, it was a happy day for Smith anyhow.

"I'm alive, so it must have went pretty good," said Smith, who admitted he was a little rusty. "A couple of cans of WD40 I should be all right."

Smith is [url="http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/2010/08/17/smith-practices/"]optimistic he'll be ready[/url] for Week 1, but the Bengals coaching staff wants to see more progress.

"It looked like he hasn't been practicing," offensive line Paul Alexander said; we imagine with something [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN99jshaQbY"]like a harrumph[/url].





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[fredtoast]

[quote name='claptonrocks' timestamp='1282082532' post='907255']
Wonder how much weight he sweated off with Morton in those 6 weeks...it was scorching during that time..
Im thinking 25 lbs wouldnt be unusual would it?
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25 lbs is nothing for a guy that size.

Of course I am sure they had him working in the weight room also. It is tricky to lose a lot of weight without losing some strength also, especially when you are doing it in a short period of time.