DaneMcCloud |
03-14-2013 01:56 PM |
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Originally Posted by Detoxing
(Post 9498083)
How does he have better weapons? All he has here is Bowe and Charles. That's not exactly a lot better than Crabtree, Davis and Gore.
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Bowe and Avery are better than anyone he's had up until Crabtree emerged this past season and Crabtree certainly isn't in the Top 5 of all NFL WR's at this point. Moeaki and Fasano should equal Davis and Delaney Walker, the king of drops.
Before 2011, Crabtree and Davis were big time underachievers. Mike Singletary was all over both of them and even had to "moon" Davis to get his attention. Crabtree improved dramatically in 2012 but he wasn't a big help before last season.
The bottom line with Smith is that before 2011, he was dealing with poor coaching, a porous offensive line and average at best perimeter players. Once a few of those things were in place, his game became better.
That said, he's not Keapernick or Newton or RGIII or Luck or Manning or Brady. I think he can be a Matt Schaub or Matt Ryan (or even Trent Green) type of QB that when surrounded by average to above average talent, can win enough games to be a playoff contender, if not playoff winner.
I think Super Bowl QB is a bit of a stretch but we've definitely seen our share of game managing Super Bowl QB's in the past, so I wouldn't rule it out entirely.
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