From the episode

One of the reasons I didn't want to draft Devontae Chan was because I thought if he had some type of like minor injury late in the season, they were obviously going to be terrible. They could easily just sit him down... I didn't think they were going to do it in week three.

STACKED’s take

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Smith benched in week 3 due to injury concerns; preseason risk materialized early.

The speaker preseason-drafted DeVonta Smith with concern that if he suffered a minor injury late in the season, the Eagles—being terrible—would easily sit him down. This risk materialized earlier than expected, with the Eagles benching him in week three, validating the preseason injury-risk concern.

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