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Steve Smith thought he might be traded.


Dpantherman

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I would have had mixed feelings personally if he would have been traded. First I would have been pissed because of how Smith has really been our O since 03. But at the same time he is 30 and it does appear he has lost a step and it is only a matter of time before what made him so good for so long (his speed and athleticism) starts to diminish more. So at least we would have traded him while he still had good trade value. But to do this would have spelled disaster to our already anemic offenses. It would have made a already one dimensional O even more one dimensional spelling disaster for this team.

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Uhh, in games Moore played in '07...

New Orleans 0 catches 0 yards 0 TD (only 2 attempts though)

Tennessee 3 catches 15 yards 0 TD

Atlanta 5 catches 61 yards 0 TD

New Orleans 3 catches 30 yards 0 TD

Seattle 8 catches 72 yards 0 TD

Dallas 9 catches 137 yards 1 TD

Tampa Bay 5 catches 48 yards 0TD

Dallas and Seattle were the best showings, but otherwise just awful.

On average it's about the same stats as what smith's getting now. With a worse coordinator. Without the dink n' dunk stat-padding kid gloves. With an awful quarterback who can't get him the ball. ;)

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Matt moore's first start was against Seattle. he won NFL Rookie of the Month for December.

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