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Sean Smith Will Bounce Back Against the Atlanta Falcons

By Carl Cockerham

Sep 11, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks (10) runs past Oakland Raiders defensive back Reggie Nelson (27) and defensive back Sean Smith (21) and outside linebacker Ben Heeney (50) for a 98 yard touchdown during the third quarter of a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Raiders defeated the Saints 35-34. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 11, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks (10) runs past Oakland Raiders defensive back Reggie Nelson (27) and defensive back Sean Smith (21) and outside linebacker Ben Heeney (50) for a 98 yard touchdown during the third quarter of a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Raiders defeated the Saints 35-34. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 11, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks (10) finishes a 98-yard touchdown. The Raiders still defeated the Saints 35-34. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 11, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks (10) finishes a 98-yard touchdown. The Raiders still defeated the Saints 35-34. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

Even though the team won, Oakland Raiders corner Sean Smith took a whuppin’ last week!

The Oakland Raiders cornerback Sean Smith had bombs over Bagdad thrown on him last Sunday. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw for 419 yards. Receivers Willie Snead and Brandon Cooks combined for most of those yards.

Raiders cornerback Sean Smith gave up the majority of those yards on big plays. The Raiders certainly didn’t pay Smith all that money this offseason to perform the way he did last Sunday. So many a fan in Raider Nation see that as cause for concern.

A lot of great players with other teams have gone to Oakland and squatted on the Raiders in the past. But there’s nothing to worry about here, Smith is still an elite corner. He just had a bad day like a lot of top cornerbacks and the top secondaries in the NFL lately.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith threw for 363 yards against the San Diego Chargers secondary. The Buffalo Bills secondary got torched in Week 1 and on Thursday night. And New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, one of the best ever, is off to a bad start in 2016.

In Smith’s case, the perfectly wrong storm hit him last Sunday.

Turn the page for a look at that storm and how next Sunday will be different.

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