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QB seeks WR for friendship, touchdowns

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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Maybe it's just me, but Smitty looked like he came into this season a little pudgy.  Well pudgy for a pro athlete that plays a position like he does anyways...

 

 

That video came out in August, and he looks like he's got a bit of a gut going on (someone in the comments noticed it as well).  I thought the same thing last year, but it seemed even more noticeable this year.

 

Lol not that I've got a problem with it, but the man is getting older.

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Historically speaking, when you think of a lot of great quarterbacks, you also think of receivers associated with them. Truth be told, some quarterbacks have gone from good/very good to great primarily because the team found them their 'partner in crime', that receiver with whom they share a chemistry so strong it borders on ESP.

Some historic examples of potent QB/WR combos past:

- Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin

- Joe Montana and Jerry Rice

- Jim Kelly and Andre Reed

- Brett Favre and Sterling Sharpe

- Dan Marino and Mark Clayton

- Jim Zorn and Steve Largent

- Kurt Warner and Isaac Bruce

- Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann

Some more recent pairings:

- Tom Brady and Wes Welker

- Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall

- Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward

- Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson

- Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson

- Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson

- Philip Rivers and Vincent Jackson

- Drew Brees and Marques Colston

And for a fella by the name of Jake Delhomme, there was this guy named Stevonne Smith. At the moment, those two still would be considered the most prolific passing combo in Panthers team history.

So here's the question...

Is Steve Smith also 'that guy' for Cam Newton, or is Newton still waiting for his 'partner in crime'?

Given the difference in age and the vast gulf between where they are on their career paths, can Smith really be the guy that, over the long term, makes fans cheer and defenses fear?

And if the answer to that is 'no', then who might that guy be? Where do we find him?

I think bc of age Cam will be looking for his guy which is criminal that in Cam's 4th year he might be working with a rookie WR to be his partner(gret planning there FO)

Pie for the awesome thread title.

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This is why we need to spend a 1st rounder on a WR, we need someone like Sammy Watkins that can develop that relationship with Cam, because it's so important.  Look at the list of recent pairings you posted

 

 Tom Brady and Wes Welker
- Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall
- Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward - Fell apart and out of playoff contention without him
- Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson -  Fell apart and out of playoff contention without him
- Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson
- Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson
- Philip Rivers and Vincent Jackson-  Fell apart and out of playoff contention without him
- Drew Brees and Marques Colston

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just took a gander at what happened with the colts and what they did for peyton and it's not what i was expecting.

 

harrison had been there a couple years before peyton showed up.

 

peyton's favorite target his rookie year? marshall faulk with 86 recps, followed by harrison with 59. of course faulk had more yardage as well, but harrison had a few more TDs.

 

the next year was when they traded away faulk and picked up edge. harrison had a monster year with 116 catches for 1600+ yards and 12 TDs, but 2nd in recps that year? edge. btw, those first few years of peyton's, the team was incredibly run heavy.

 

the colts didn't draft wayne until peyton's 4th (2001) year and even then he didn't really start keying in on him until peyton's fifth year, but wayne was behind harrison and edge for receptions. btw, 2001 was the first year that an RB wasn't in the top 2 for recps on the colts. their TE, marcus pollard, was 2nd in recps.

 

 

point is, it seems like the colts really built around peyton, but the first few years after he was drafted they didn't do a whole lot. granted, they spent their first two picks the year before peyton was drafted on OTs, but beyond that they really didn't do much for a few years.

 

that's not to say that cam sucks or anything...it's mainly to show that there's still time to get all the right pieces in place for him to have a long and successful career. it would be great for him to have his WR that he grows old with already in place, but if we can pick one up in the next year or two i think he'll still be alright. until then, i think that the combo of smitty/olsen/ginn/lafell and his RBs are good enough. we may not have a 1000 yard receiver this year, but we'll have several that are 750+ yard guys and that will be more a testament to them working as a group and cam's usage of them.

 

the fact that we are near the bottom in passing yardage is a bit concerning, but i think that has more to do with this offense still trying to forge it's identity. once it settles a little (and hopefully it has found it's groove) we'll start climbing in those ever so precious passing yardage team stat rankings.

 

 

 

 

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