There isn’t a player on the entire Cincinnati Bengals roster who has had a worse day of practice during Bengals training camp than rookie offensive tackle D’Ante Smith did on Tuesday.
In the first day of padded practices, Smith matched up against starting defensive end Sam Hubbard. On nearly every snap, Hubbard used a different pass rush move to get past Smith. Because Hubbard was so disruptive, and because Smith struggled blocking him, the Bengals offense couldn't create an explosive play.
And yet four days later, Smith was back with the first team offense. And he was playing guard, a position that the Bengals' fourth round pick has hardly played in his entire football career.