After a fast scrub, Smyth was instructed he was going to be taken upstairs. An excellent signal, he thought.
He was proper. Upstairs, he met the final supervisor Mickey Loomis and was provided a three-year contract.
After going by means of the phrases along with his agent, Smyth signed and his life would by no means be the identical once more. Smyth hadn’t kicked an American soccer earlier than final August. Now he has a real shot at enjoying within the NFL.
The final couple of weeks have been, by his personal admission, “completely insane”.
“It is simply been unbelievable. The cellphone has been hopping with simply the help from everybody again house has been unbelievable.
“I simply really feel very fortunate and grateful.”
Fortunate certainly. If Smyth makes the Saints’ lively roster, he might earn round $800,000 (£630,680) a 12 months. However coming from a GAA background, he is not one for getting slowed down within the massive sums.
Smyth is aware of that he is entered a cut-throat world, an atmosphere during which his place is way from invulnerable.
“They will minimize you anytime [from your contract],” he explains.
“For those who’re on the observe squad, it is clearly totally different to what you would be incomes on the lively roster.
“It is in all probability about 4 occasions that quantity. For me, I do know I am speaking about cash right here, however for me it actually has nothing to do with that.
“Genuinely it isn’t, I have been an enormous fan of the game from about seven or eight years in the past. For me it is all about making one of the best model of myself.”