No matter how bruised, bloodied, or bandaged, he dominated offensive lineman on the football field. Away from it, he lived a solitary life full of simple pleasures: drinking beer, feeding cattle, and watching the rolling hills of central Missouri. We take a look back at the career of Justin Smith, the NFL's last true blue-collar badass.
We won't be seeing another player quite like Justin Smith. Not for a long time.
Perhaps for as long as American football has been around, there has existed this archetype of the "blue collar, lunch pail" sort of player (throw back a Bud Light if you've heard that one before).