I keep reading on X4 that EDS is a problem... he sucks, he's this or he's that. I don't see it when I watch the games. What I see is an adequate starting NFL Center who has been playing pretty good football. Then after each game I look at reviews around the internet and come across game reviews that indicate EDS played well. Here's the latest:
One reason the Packers averaged a whopping 6.1 yards per rush (182 yards) was the ability of Evan Dietrich-Smith to eliminate penetration one week after Washington NT Barry Cofield got the best of him. He did allow one sack on a bull rush by NT Domata Peko, but the first sack wasn't his fault because Starks made a bad decision cutting blitzing LB Taylor Mays and knocked Dietr-ich-Smith off his block.
Mind you, none of the reviews I read are glowing, but they are nowhere near as dismal as one would believe if he formed his opinion on message board posts alone.
Slodum, Bush, Campen, Finley, EDS... We just gotta have a whipping boy don't we?