A peek into the mind of DeVonta Smith

Eagles notebook: A peek into the mind of DeVonta Smith originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

DeVonta Smith was not happy on Monday night.

Even though the Eagles won a game on Christmas Day and even though he passed 1,000 yards for the season and even though they put up 33 points and 465 yards, Smith thought the offense wasn’t good enough.

“We’re not playing good football right now,” Smith said.

A few days later, Smith was in a much better mood.

“It’s a new week,” an upbeat Smith said by his locker on Thursday afternoon. “Can’t do nothing about last week. It’s on to the next one.”

And it’s not even like those frustrations from postgame lingered very long.

“Once I leave the locker room, I’ll be all right,” Smith said.

This is a fascinating look into the mind of Smith, who won the Heisman Trophy and two National Championships at Alabama. His standard is really high and he admitted he leaves games satisfied about half of the time, which is pretty low considering the Eagles have done a lot of winning during his NFL career.

Smith’s reason for being upset with the offensive performance on Monday was that the offense gave up 14 points on turnovers. But the pick-6 came when Dallas Goedert slipped and the other touchdown off a turnover came after a fumble on kickoff.

When it was pointed out to Smith that special teams was the culprit for the one turnover, he wasn’t having it.

“I consider that offense,” Smith said.

Smith probably considered that to be an offensive turnover because the two players involved — Boston Scott and Olamide Zaccheaus — were offensive players. But that’s obviously a stretch.

Smith on Thursday was asked whether his outlook is an Alabama mindset.

“I guess you could say that. That’s just me also,” he said. “That’s just how I am. Not going to always get by doing the things that we’re doing. Yeah, we’re 11-4, been barely getting by. That don’t last forever.”

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Publish date : 2023-12-30 12:00:00

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