Smitty's OTA observations

[C47]

Name two guys on the Pats,Ravens,49ers, Seahawks, or the Packers WR corps. Good teams don't need to be loaded. Just need role players.

 

 

Sidney Rice & Percy Harvin

Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, and James Jones

Michael Crabtree and Anquan Boldin 

 

The only two that you can argue are Patriots and Ravens and they have Torrey Smith who is one of the best young receivers in the game.  Also the Patriots really isn't a good example because they have two freak TES that they use as WRS...

[rayzor]

You'd think he'd at least say himself.

 

i think he's just acting as a spectator these days, or at least more than usual.

[Razeyfingers]

What makes it better? Adding an injury prone Hixon and one of the biggest WR bust in some time?

Another year of training, playing with Cam, and a couple of good players returning from injury?

[CarolinaCoolin]

Sidney Rice & Percy Harvin

Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, and James Jones

Michael Crabtree and Anquan Boldin

The only two that you can argue are Patriots and Ravens and they have Torrey Smith who is one of the best young receivers in the game. Also the Patriots really isn't a good example because they have two freak TES that they use as WRS...

Boldin while hes been good iis on the decline because of his age. Crabtree is out.

One could argue Rodgers makes his receivers cause they put anyone there and they are fine.

Sidney rices stats are comparable to lafells and he played less games.

Most of these teams really only have one dominant guy and capable others. Kinda reminders me of a certain team I know. Hmmm

Look at the redskins colts bengals and texans. Redskins number one was a number 3 on the colts with manning. The have nobody special. Colts only have an old Reggie and rookies last year. Bengals only had Aj. And texans have Johnson. All those playoff teams have only one dominant guy. Having two while amazing isnt always needed. Giants have two and they didn't even make it to the playoffs. We will be fine

[Mr Mojo Risin]

He's probably tired of that question and probably has stopped getting his hopes up for one of our no name guys outside of ginn and maybe lafell to step up

[beastson]

• What reciever has stood out to you? (Smith) - "A reciever that has stood out to me? Hmmmm... [4 seconds of silence]... the tight ends have been ballin. We haven't been catching too many passes on the outside" Give me a tight end (Smith) - "Greg Olsen.. the tight ends have been killin."

 

 

ummm what???

[C47]

It means the receivers have been ass in OTA's.  Dropping too many balls and junk....

[carolinarolls]

Smitty is wise.  Maybe wise is not the right word.  He is experienced and crafty with his comments for sure.  Give him at least that much.

 

Back away from the ledge.  WR will be fine and it won't have to be great to win.

 

..with our backfield it will be stretch, dump pass, read option, stretch, seam for 20+, dump, stretch, down the sideline for a Smitty dance in the endzone.

 

The three backs and Cam are gonna chew up yards.  The box will get tighter and tighter and then Greg will clean up underneath.  Smitty, Hixon, and Lafell are gonna make hay blocking down field until they communicate to Cam that there is a chance for a double move and bam.  Cam is gonna make the throw.

 

Superbowl 

[Guest HelloWorld]

You mean 2 receptions, 1 yard for 2012 season Ted Ginn Jr is not a ball of fire? What a surprise!

[pantherclaw]

Smitty has praised WRs before. This is simply the case where Steve isn't impressed with anything he sees from this group.

no where did he say he wasn't impressed.

he just didn't name anyone that stood out....during OTA's.

no big deal.

[CRA]

Name two guys on the Pats,Ravens,49ers, Seahawks, or the Packers WR corps. Good teams don't need to be loaded. Just need role players.

Last year...

Packers have has arguably the most praised and deepest WR corp in the NFL the past few seasons. There was some shakeup this offseason....but they had what many dubbed the best group in the NFL. Most NFL fans could come up with Jennings, Nelson, Driver at a minimum. Cobb and Jones as well.

The Pats are always slightly ahead of the curve. Gronk and Gonzalez are basically recievers, Welker, Elderman, Lloyd, Branch.

Ravens...Boldin and Smith.

The other two are running teams that added mobile QBs on top of it....

I wouldn't say those teams just had role players....outside of the running teams

[pantherclaw]

Steve Smith - still Steve Smith.

lafell - strong, dependable, cutch receiver entering his third year as a pro,. year three is when most receivers really come into their own and have their breakout years. he us a very solid receiver, and i expect this to be his best season yet.

after that, nothing is set in stone, but we still have a lot of talent.

hixon is the most likely to start the season as the third receiver. a very capable receiver at that. runs great routes, great hands.

that's a pretty good group.

IF Gettis is ready to play, he will definitely push for play time. his size and speed is a great combination. while im not getting my hopes up, he could end up stepping up big this year.

Ginn Jr, i don't expect to be a big part if the rotation. although they can easily have packages to get him the ball in space.

a three receiver set with smith, Gettis, and Ginn, puts a lot of speed on the field that any defense would have to respect.

this doesn't even.mention the other young guys. but at this point, i don't see any play time for them anyways.

twin te sets with smith and Gettis could be very deadly also.

none of this mentions the receiving ability of our runnungbacks.

pretty easy to get excited about this group.

if the oline comes together enough to provide decent pass protection, Cam has a lot of weapons/talent at every position around him.

everyone should expect big things from our offense this year. im not saying a top 4 offense, but more than good enough to make quality drives, put points up, be balanced, explosive... a lot of fun to watch.

is it opening day yet?

[CPF4LIFE]

Lafell is NOT entering his 3rd year this is his 4th. If anybody should be standing out it is him and he ISNT.

[pantherclaw]

my bad.

he had a good year last season.

Gettis has prove to be very clutch.

loved how dependable he has become on third downs.

he'll never be mistake fire a speed receiver, but he does have some sneaky speed to him, as he can still find his way open deep at times.

moose was never fast.

it amazes me how much hate lafell gets.