Chuck Smith, a second-story man who slithered into the NFL elite in the ‘90s, is urging the Bengals defensive linemen and linebackers to rob, steal, and heist their way into the pass rush.
“Smart pass rushers just emulate what the greats did. Dumb pass rushers think they know everything and never emulate the greats,” Smith observed this week. “The pass rush history has been written. We just have to read it.”
So read this. When journeyman linebacker Chris Carter tries to find a home on the Bengals roster Monday in Tampa (8 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 5 and ESPN), he’ll be ripping off Pat Swilling and Chris Doleman, sack artists from the previous generation.