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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I'm really curious to see what he can do with a 'run under' deep threat.
I said it in another thread, but I was really surprised by how often he overthrew deep passes. He doesn't throw a 'hard' deep ball at all - he has to throw one that his WR runs under. Crabtree doesn't get separation; he's not a guy that's going to do that. Avery, on the other hand, can be that guy.
And another interesting element would be something as simple as Jamaal Charles on a wheel route. We forget how dynamic Charles was downfield when he was backing up LJ. If you send him up the field, he can create pretty massive mismatches.
I agree with you - he needs to do something to make teams respect the deep halves. And no, I don't think someone like Bowe would've been the answer. However, a burner that can run under the lofted deep balls that Smith throws might be.
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Alex threw one of the best wheel route throws I have ever seen earlier this year.
Another thing is that Alex is very smart and can check into the right play. He also makes a lot of changes at the line and this all goes unnoticed
2012 Regular season
Frank Gore with Alex averaged 82 yards per game(5.5 yards per carry)in 8 games
Frank Gore with Colin averaged 65 yards per game(3.9 yards per carry)in 7 games
I did not use any stats from the rams game where Alex played 1 quarter.