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I"ve carved off the whole outside of a ribeye roast recently due to it's off color. After removing the outer layer it looked (and more importantly) smelled fine. It was a good ribeye roast. I think your smeller is the feller for knowing if this is good or not?
I've also chunked more than one chunk of meat from the smell. The nose won't lie.