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Packers' Trey Smack pick might have finally broken Rich Eisen

Freddie Boston
Freddie Boston

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Rich Eisen at the NFL Scouting Combine / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Rich Eisen is the ironman of NFL Draft coverage, but the Green Bay Packers' final selection may have broken him.

I mean, who can blame him? The Packers traded up to select a kicker called Trey Smack. It's an all-timer of a name for a player whose job is to, well, smack a football as hard as possible.

Eisen couldn't resist. After three straight days of hard-hitting analysis on every draft pick, he resorted to shouting "SMACK IT" over and over again while watching Trey Smack highlights.

Rich Eisen had the same reaction to just about every Packers fan after Trey Smack pick

Hey, that's what three long days of draft coverage can do to you. And it's hard to blame him.

"That's my analysis," Eisen concluded.

To be fair, he's not wrong. Smack's biggest weakness is his inconsistency from close range. His biggest strength is his ability to truly "SMACK IT" from long distances.

He booted home four of five field goals from 40-plus yards last season while also hitting four of five from 50-plus. The further the distance, the more consistent Smack becomes.

That power will serve him well when footballs turn into bricks inside a frozen Lambeau Field late in the year.

The Packers clearly believe in his potential, as they gave away both of their seventh-rounders to get back into the sixth round. That's three picks to select a kicker. And it leaves the Packers with just six selections in total, by far their fewest in the Brian Gutekunst era.

That alone tells you how they feel about Smack. It's hard to justify burning three draft picks for a training camp leg if you don't believe they have the tools to actually compete. Gutekunst has ignited a real competition for veteran Brandon McManus.

And, honestly, even if Smack doesn't win the battle, we'll always have the Rich Eisen video.

Freddie Boston

Freddie Boston

Freddie Boston is a Lead Editor for FanSided and has been covering the Green Bay Packers as the site expert at Lombardi Ave since 2016. He has written over 5,000 stories on the Packers and has previously covered the NFL for FanSided.com and NFL Spin Zone. In 2015, he was named the FanSided NFL Editor of the Year. Freddie has also covered Tottenham Hotspur for Hotspur HQ and the WWE for Daily DDT. Besides reminiscing about Jordy Nelson's greatest touchdown catches, Freddie is a lifelong Tottenham fan and regularly attends games.