The_Philster
06-10-2003, 07:40 PM
Sometimes you have to take a step back, Akili Smith acknowledged Monday evening, to begin moving your career forward again. Having been viewed previously in his career as a franchise savior, a quarterback expected to raise the fortunes of the Cincinnati Bengals, the former first-round draft choice is now seeking salvation himself.
"If there is one thing the (Cincinnati) experience taught me," said Smith, the third player chosen overall in the 1999 draft, "it's that this is a process. It doesn't happen overnight. I'm not saying that, this time around, I'll be starting from the ground up. But I do need to begin over again with some things and to get to a situation where I can learn."...
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"If there is one thing the (Cincinnati) experience taught me," said Smith, the third player chosen overall in the 1999 draft, "it's that this is a process. It doesn't happen overnight. I'm not saying that, this time around, I'll be starting from the ground up. But I do need to begin over again with some things and to get to a situation where I can learn."...
more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1566022.html)