Will Asante Samuel shut down Steve Smith?

[DaCityKats]

nmandi got that pick bc jake threw a horrible pass.....he is a shut down corner but even they get burnt,i would have loved if we would have tried him some more. and they didnt have saftey help,oakland mans up on the corner and let there safetys roam the field really to help with the run.

[rayzor]

a few thoughts on it here:

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/2009/09/12/panthers-vs-eagles-monster-match-ups/

samuel might keep smith's production down but smith might be able to help out much in the way he did with deangelo hall but just keeping him occupied. probably won't draw the penalties but if samuel is allowed to roam he could cause some problems.

[CatMan72]

He did last year

last year was held to 1 reception for 9 yards and we barely won that game

He had one good game against Smith, I want to see him do it more than once - then we can say he's capable of shutting down Smith.

[Udogg]

He shut down everyone they put against him. Most teams don't even throw his side of the field anymore, it was getting pointless. If he was an asshole with a huge posse hyping him up and played for a team that was well...a NFL team, he would be talked about as probably the best corner back in the last 10 years. He shut Steve Smith down and it kills me to say it.

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

wow, anyone saying Scrabble didn't shut down Smith last year is delusional. Smith admitted it, the Raiders play strictly man to man, and all the NFL pundits admitted as much. Aso could be the best corner in NFL history when it's all said and done. That said, Samuel isn't even 1/5th the CB Scrabble is. He won't shut down Smith...he could barely contain Fitzgerald

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

nmandi got that pick bc jake threw a horrible pass.....he is a shut down corner but even they get burnt,i would have loved if we would have tried him some more. and they didnt have saftey help,oakland mans up on the corner and let there safetys roam the field really to help with the run.

BULLSH*T. Aso used a classic arm-bar technique to beat Smith on that play.

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

He had one good game against Smith, I want to see him do it more than once - then we can say he's capable of shutting down Smith.

Oh yeah...because we play the Raiders alot right? how many CBs go against specific WRs not in the their divisions more than once or twice in their careers? Try not to choke on those sour grapes kid

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

Smith had Delhomme throwing him the ball. Since Jake lacks precision on his throws all you have to do is read the smoke route and jump with Smith and you've got him neutralized. However, it's a lot harder than it sounds.

I wonder what kind of numbers Steve Smith would put up with a true pocket quarterback like Manning, Brady, or Brees.

Pure garbage

[God]

Nice quad post. You obviously couldn't answer everything in one post.

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

nope, just when you think you're done, you read another thing on the thread that gets you going...

[Johnny Rockets]

Asante is not in the business of shutting down WR's. He usually plays off receivers and jumps routes making the big plays. Does Asante get burned? Absolutely.......he takes chances.Sheldon Brown is the more physical CB on the team.

[KatsAzz]

Asante Samuel is one of the most overrated cornerbacks in the league. He shouldn't be in the same conversation as Nnamdi. He has gotten, and will get burned again by elite wide receivers. Not to mention, to my knowledge they don't move their cornerbacks around, so Steve probably won't have to face Samuel that much if the panthers do not want him to.

Asante Samuel is good but Steve Smith will torch his azz,watch what i tell you.

[Fireball77]

JR-OK so Asante hasn't changed, you seem to agree w/my assessment, no?

[Sam Mills Fan]

LOL at comparing Samuel to Asomugha. #89 will chew Samuel up tomorrow.

And for the record, yes, Asomugha completely shut down Smith last season. You can make excuses all you want, but no corner has shut Smith down like that since before Smith broke out in 2005.