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Early in Steve Smith's career, he had a terrible preseason chock full of dropped passes


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every brown touchdown i recall last year was him falling backwards with the ball bouncing into his cradled chest and managing to stick. maybe my memory has a selection bias but i can't remember ever see him make the archetypical over-the-shoulder catch or the outstretched hands grabs necessary to play receiver in this league.

those are all coaching issues and tbh it's a blight on ricky proehl that his mechanics are this bad.

we're not cutting corey brown though. dude is an unbelievably good route runner and seems to constantly find himself wide open. i don't know that he'll ever become a number one in this league, or even a number two, but i think he'll improve as the year progresses.

I gave you pie and then took it back.... "unbelievably good route runner".... Freaking please dude. He improved on running go routes from last season but "unbelievably good route runner".... What the hell are you talking about. 

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I gave you pie and then took it back.... "unbelievably good route runner".... Freaking please dude. He improved on running go routes from last season but "unbelievably good route runner".... What the hell are you talking about. 



No, he is. Rewatch every snap Brown has taken this preseason. He gets open nearly every time. Against some pretty good corners. He's fast, agile, and runs really crisp routes. He gets enough separation that a decently thrown ball should be pitch and catch and we should be celebrating. I'd venture to say that he has shown to be our best route runner right now. KB was looking good pre-injury, but not nearly as crisp (granted, he's also much larger, so you have to take that into account). Jury still out for me on Funchess, simply because I haven't seen him run a live route.

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No, he is. Rewatch every snap Brown has taken this preseason. He gets open nearly every time. Against some pretty good corners. He's fast, agile, and runs really crisp routes. He gets enough separation that a decently thrown ball should be pitch and catch and we should be celebrating. I'd venture to say that he has shown to be our best route runner right now. KB was looking good pre-injury, but not nearly as crisp (granted, he's also much larger, so you have to take that into account). Jury still out for me on Funchess, simply because I haven't seen him run a live route.

Good route running is low on the list. Hands, getting off the jam, game breaking ability and competing for the ball all come before route running. If you can catch the ball and out compete the defender for it while showing a knack for some yac, I am taking you over the unreliable mediocre receiver who runs great routes.

I can work around your route running with play calls and match-ups, but I can not work around your head and hands when the moment arises to take control of a game.

I would rather take a world class sprinter and send them deep every pass with hopes they can catch the ball instead of a polished route runner with crap hands.

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we're not cutting corey brown though. dude is an unbelievably good route runner and seems to constantly find himself wide open. i don't know that he'll ever become a number one in this league, or even a number two, but i think he'll improve as the year progresses.

At some point he's always gonna find himself open because defenses just don't cover him bc he'll Bismack Biyombo every pass

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We didn't see him drop a lot last year because he wasn't targeted a lot last year.  Big difference between coming in as a spark every few plays and being THE GUY.  With KB going down we're asking him to be THE GUY and you can see the pressure getting to him.  It's making problems he's always had (alligator arms, catching the ball with his chest and not his hands) worse.  Can he get better? Sure anyone can get better, but last nights performance was inexcusable on top of a subpar showing last week.

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Last season Brown would use his chest to catch passes whenever possible. Even his deep catches were on plays where he turned around to face the ball and use his chest. Unfortunately we just don't have the WRs to be able to cut Brown imo even with his preseason meltdown. 

I 100% disagree with "we dont have the WRs to cut him"

Funchess

Ginn

Cotchery

Boykin

Bersin

Ginn easily fills the speedy WR role Brown would have had only more reliable. If Ginn goes down. Byrd, step right up. This notion that Brown is not dispensable and is a lock is mind boggling

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Brown proved himself last year, I have confidence in him, apparently more than he has in himself right now. Last night is about as bad a game a wr could have. Good news is he was beating his man frequently.

I don't know if people actually believe this, or just giving him EXTREME confidence. He didn't prove a damn thing. He went over 50 yds ONE time, he only caught two TD's, and he even had some similar drops last year. I'm sorry, but if a one year sample size where he didn't even eclipse 300 yards "proved" himself, then I now know why our franchise remains mediocre.

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