Article: TOP PICK WAITING IN LIMBO AGENT LEAVES WITHOUT DEAL.(SPORTS)

Byline: Sean Keeler Post staff reporter

GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Justin Smith realizes that he's hardly the most popular guy in Greater Cincinnati right about now.

''Yeah, I would imagine,'' Smith, the Bengals' No. 1 pick, told The Post Tuesday night after contract talks at Georgetown College broke off without a deal. ''I've thought about that, too. But it's just the kind of world I'm in right now. You can't explain it.''

For what it's worth, Bengals fans, Smith says he feels your pain. The Missouri defensive end's holdout reached Day 34 this morning - the longest holdout of a Bengals No. 1 pick since quarterback David Klingler missed 42 days in ...

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