Maason Smith

Needs to come off the bench and let the 100% healthy guys start the game until he is 100%.

Extremely disappointing. I can’t recall a single play he’s made all year. Granted, he faces many double teams. This defense needs him to play like an all American. Maason has to step up

Tired slow and fat.

he looks exactly like he’s always looked.

big and slow. no fast twitch.

Jordan Jefferson needs to start and get the majority of the snaps. Smith can be rotated in when JJ needs a break and maybe we'd see improvements from Smith with eventually getting back to game speed (and maybe he'd have more of a burst playing sparingly rather than wearing down so fast playing the majority of the game when he is not really ready to do that).

So I blame the coaches there. I'm just curious as to what they are seeing in practice. Is Smith really dominant in practice or what are they seeing to justify starting him, etc.?

At this rate we should get him for another year.

He’s playing out of position which isn’t his fault. He will be a big end in the 3-4 at the next level, not an inside player. His game is quickness and length, not leverage and brute strength

He gets doubles a lot by interior OLs and he’s realistically not going to win that very often. Add to it that he’s shaking off some rust and probably still not 100% on that ankle