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Originally Posted by Snapplez
This year Bowe has been targeted 105 times, 20% of Alex Smith's 508 targets. In 2010, Bowe was targeted 132 times, for 27% of Cassel's 475 targets. A minor discrepancy in target percentage, but a massive discrepancy in output from those targets.
If my stats are correct, then Vernon Davis was targeted 36 times by Smith in his 8 games of 2012, which would be about 16% of his targets. He was targeted 25 times by Kaepernick which would be 11% of his targets. The difference is 11 targets overall, a difference of 1.3 per game.
You put focus on a specific 5 quarters from Alex Smith, and Crabtrees TDs in those quarters. Why do you ignore the other 6 games where Crabtree had none with Smith at QB?
All players should be held accountable on our team. Bowe is not exempt from that. But if Bowe can produce with QBs in the realm of Croyle, Cassel, Huard, Thigpen, why are his numbers at a career low with Alex Smith? Is it because Bowe is all of a sudden a terrible player? Or is it because Alex Smith doesn't like throwing to WRs?
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Well, I put a focus on that specific time period because it was showing that Alex Smith and Crabtree had finally started to click.
And, believe it or not, I gave that credit to Crabtree. I have always maintained that Crabtree exploded because Crabtree was growing up as an individual, and was taking the mentoring from Randy Moss seriously.
Randy Moss made Crabtree take his hood off in meetings, start sitting in the front row of meetings.
Crabtree for the first time in his career participated I OTA's, training camp and preseason. He came into camp in the best shape of his career.
Crabtree broke out, because Crabtree is a special player.
Bowe, succeeded with other qbs, because that system wasn't predicated on precision and timing. Bowe has to become a better route runner. That is my premise. Bowe is special enough, strong enough, and good enough that if he wants to beat his man on a slant route, there isn't a corner in the league that can stop him. Its all on him.
Sure, Alex Smith doesn't force feed him the ball. Okay. Well, its on Bowe to give Alex Smith no choice in the matter.
I have heard a lot of people say that Alex Smith wont throw to a covered receiver.
Havent really seen him having a problem throwing to an open one though.
And to your assertion that Alex Smith doesn't like throwing to Receivers.
In 2011, where alex smith took just about every single snap. He targeted crabtree like 40 more times than anyone else.
