Seemingly every day, and with increasing frequency as he and Sam Darnold continue to build chemistry, Smith-Njigba has been making big
plays in practice, and he's also leaving a strong impression on his quarterback. "He's just one of a kind, just the way he can get in and out of routes, the shiftiness," Darnold said. "For him, just the way he gets in and out of cuts, his speed, it's really everything." Darnold then likened Smith-Njigba's movements to that of a hockey player, a much more complementary description than when Mike Holmgren famously joked that Matt Hasselbeck looked like a giraffe on ice skates when describing his quarterback's running style.
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