We’ve seen this story before from Smith, who practiced last week and was deemed questionable before ultimately being ruled out for Week 13. The fact that he’s opening the week on the practice field is at the very least encouraging for fantasy managers who have been missing Smitty for the past two games; however, as we know with hamstring injuries, the timetables for return are hardly ever black and white. This is the earliest Smith has taken the practice field in any of the three weeks he’s missed, though, so there does seem to be hope for him to return in Week 14 in a good matchup against the Panthers.