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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RonnieLott42" data-source="post: 460578" data-attributes="member: 6846">Haha actually the rumor is Nolan had Smith and Rodgers do some stupid exercise totally unrelated to football-"Smith was slightly taller (two inches). Smith's stock rose before the draft, in the inexplicable ways that have to do with agents and "insider" buzz. The younger Smith was deemed more "coachable" and pliant by the 49ers -- he was willing to do a series of oddball tasks like hop on one foot without questioning why Nolan was asking him to do so (note: pliant is not a good quality in quarterbacks). Rodgers, in contrast, was viewed as cocky (note: cocky is a good quality in quarterbacks). Smith's college coach, Urban Meyer, was the next big thing while Rodgers' coach, Jeff Tedford, was best known for grooming quarterbacks like Kyle Boller and Akili Smith, who turned into first-round busts". Read more: <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/ann_killion/01/18/aaron-rodgers/index.html#ixzz25M3UgDUh" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/ann_killion/01/18/aaron-rodgers/index.html#ixzz25M3UgDUh</a></blockquote>

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