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Did anyone watch him in NFLE? Went from starter to backup to emergency to waterboy. Even in the feature on him he was throwning passes off balance and without any accuracy!!!!

How did this guy get drafted No. 3 overall? Yeah I know we took him but someone would have taken him in the first if we hadn't.

That has to be one of the greatest con-jobs of all time.

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http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/TB/8560938

Buccaneers release QB Akili Smith

NFL.com wire reports

TAMPA, Fla. (June 13, 2005) -- Akili Smith was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the latest NFL team to part ways with the quarterback who was the No. 3 overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Smith was only with the Buccaneers after the team agreed to sign him so he could participate with an NFL Europe team, the Frankfurt Galaxy, this summer. The Galaxy's season ended June 4, and Smith returned to Tampa for a minicamp last week.

Taken by the Cincinnati Bengals, Smith was a member of the heralded 1999 quarterback draft class, which included Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper and Cade McNown, all of whom were among the top 12 picks that season. Only McNabb and Culpepper, starring for Philadelphia and Minnesota, remain in the league.

Smith appeared in only 22 games, starting 17, in four disappointing seasons with the Bengals. He signed with Green Bay before the 2003 season, but was cut.

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I will always remember Akili getting blasted by Rob Burnett of the Ravens.

I remember when the Bucs ate him for lunch the year they won it all ('02 season?). That was the day I almost bailed out on the Bengals and "sorta" vowed that I would not renew my tickets. I no longer enjoyed going to the games.

But obviously things have changed quite a bit since then....... :player:

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Hey, maybe we can pick him back up!

Just to re-live the joy of cutting him one more time? Now that's funny right there, I don't care who you are! :lol:

Cut him? Are you crazy!? We can pick him back up, cut Kitna, and we're Super Bowl bound! B)

:lol::lol::lol: Oh Man! Please stop it!! My sides are killing me!! :lol::lol::lol:

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Wow...I was so sure that it was going to work for him this time.

:lol::lol::lol:

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  • 3 weeks later...
Well, if Akili starts now, mabe he will be high enough on the seniority list to get a job at Burger King flipping burgers and tossing fries! Of course Kijana would be working the drive up window!

Man, there were three people with so much hype and no bite... :angry:

Why would he need to do that? he got what 15million+ from the bengals?

=P thats more then I make in 20,000 years =P

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