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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I noted that in the Bray thread as well (I used it as my defacto Camp thread).
Avery was unbelievably fast out there. He really was a breed apart from anybody else on that football field.
I noted it in one of these Smith threads, but Smith throws a pretty 'run under' deep ball. A guy like Crabtree never had the gear to run under a deep throw, rather Smith would have to rocket it into a seam and let Crabtree use his body to fight off DBs. Smith just doesn't have the arm strength to do that well.
But the tape shows a QB with very good touch downfield. And if you can get a WR that can flat out pull-away from his DB (and Avery absolutely can), Smith can take advantage of that, IMO.
Time may make a fool of me here, but I really do think that his skills with this coach and this personnel group are going to allow Smith to really excel.
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Vernon Davis did this several times to good effect with Alex. Alex would see some separation from VD and would just fling it over his head and allow him to use his speed to run under it. It was a very good combination and resulted in several TDs and other long completions over 2011 and 2012.