Arizona Cardinals Free Agency: Should The Team Keep Alfonso Smith?

He’s a good back but he just hasn’t been given his fair chance. He carried the ball 30 times for 102 yards with 1 TD this year, that being the game at Seattle while Beanie Wells was out. He’s a good RB outside the tackles like LSH and not only that he’s a solid Special Teamer, seeing as he’s in nearly every big play that’s made in the return game. Keep him… we can go with a 4 RB committee.

Smith is certainly worth keeping but the RB position is not that settled for me. Williams needs to come back strong and as a threat, if not we need another alternative. In that case Williams drops to 3 and number 2 needs to be added.

We have Wells, Williams, and LSH. We don;t need him IMO.

I like Wells, Williams, LSH, Smith

Last year we had Wells, Taylor, LSH, Smith, so we know the FO will carry 4 RB’s

and he has some in-game experience. Bring him back, and scratch off RB from your draft boards and FA lists

Taylor will get the axe. Smith’s contributions will be mostly on special teams. He will only see spot duty at RB if and when the situation demands.

Smith has a decent skill set and good speed, but I think he would be better suited in a zone-blocking scheme where he could be a one cut and go RB. Outside the tackles he’s almost as big a threat as LSH, but between them he sucked. But he does have special teams value so they could justify keeping him. I would like to see them draft or sign a big, durable, physical short-yardage type back that excels between the tackles, like a Mike Tolbert. Just somebody that may not be feature back guy, but someone you can count on to be healthy and that can pick up tough yards. We know for sure Wells can’t last a whole season carrying a big load by himself again, and we’re not sure how injury prone Williams is going to be. LSH has too much special teams value and too small a frame to give him a major role on offense. I would just rather see a better insurance plan than Smith. Although a short yardage back makes the most sense to me, there are a handful of RBs in the draft that I find intriguing like Terrance Ganaway, Tauren Poole, Antwon Bailey, Keola Antolin, Robert Turbin, and Michael Smith (who could end up a late round steal). The O-line ranked 7th in run blocking (Pro Footbal Focus) this season, the WRs here have to block to get on the field, and the offense has one of the better young FBs in Anthony Sherman. This team is clearly built to run and I would like to see the team commit a little more to the run and put together a better rotation at RB that can take advantage of the present situation.