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Stephen A. Smith will mostly ride the bench for ESPN's pregame NFL coverage

You'll be seeing a whole lot less of Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's NFL pregame coverage this season.

The co-host of ESPN2's "First Take" will appear infrequently, if at all, on NFL pregame shows such as Sunday morning's "NFL Insiders" and "Sunday NFL Countdown" this year.

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Smith had a recurring role on ESPN's Sunday NFL pregame shows during the 2015 season. But he was MIA for Week 1 of the 2016 NFL season.

You won't see much of him on NFL Sundays for the rest of the year, according to ESPN.