Teicher: No sign yet that Bowe will bounce back

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth

It happened with Michael Crabtree.

And it happened to Avery, too. Of COURSE he had fewer targets here. Why? ALEX SMITH IS HIS QB. ALL OF THE WRS TARGETS WENT DOWN.

And it will happen again this year unless Alex raises his level of play. Last year was not good enough.

I'm with you. I hope he does. I'm not happy with a top 15 QB. But I don't think he's fundamentally incapable of raising his level of play. And while Avery's yards went down, his YPC went way up. Alex is very efficient.

I would like to see him take more chances, even if it hurts his efficiency.