[milkman]

Originally Posted by OldSchool

It's all a matter of trust. Smith has never had a WR that he could trust to come up with the ball and has been among the league leaders for the most passes dropped for pretty much his entire career.

Hell, he thought that he could trust Bowe on that final playoff play, threw a perfect ball down the field instead of looking for an easy completion for the 1st on 4th an short, and Bowe let him down when there was more than enough room for any competent NFL WR to get both feet down inbounds.

The problem isn't Smith being "afraid", if it was fear that he really struggled with then there is no way that he would play as well as he does in the playoffs. The issue has always been that he can't really trust the WRs around him to make the play on the ball, and for good reason.

The only guy that he kind of grew to trust last season was Dwayne Bowe. Anyone who was paying attention to the games last season at all saw that Smith was becoming less hesitant to force the ball into Bowe despite the lack of separation. Matter of trust, not fear.

Idiot.