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Article: A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR GIANTS' SMITH NFL: TAFT, USC PRODUCT KEY FOR NEW YORK IN POSTSEASON.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 20, 2008
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Byline: Ramona Shelburne
Staff Writer
The looks are what bothered Steve Smith the most. Such is life for an NFL player who is injured.
You can't help the team, you're not a part of the game plan, and worse, every time one of your teammates looks at you hobbling around, they're reminded of how easily it could be them limping around instead of you.
For most of Smith's rookie season with the New York Giants, those are the looks the former USC and Taft High of Woodland Hills wide receiver has received.
But last week, as the Giants upset the Dallas Cowboys to reach today's NFC Championship Game against Green Bay, Smith finally ...