Saints game plan for steve smith

[PantherCrzy]

Just wondering if anyone else has seen Williams comments on how to "cover" Smitty on Sunday.

From NOLA.com (http://www.nola.com/saints/t-p/index...540.xml&coll=1 ):

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COVERING STEVE SMITH: Carolina wide receiver Steve Smith has been perhaps the biggest thorn in the side of the Saints recently. In his past eight games against the Saints, Smith has caught 52 passes for 745 yards and seven touchdowns.

Those numbers haven't been lost on Williams, who also has been victimized by Smith in the past.

"He's an unbelievable football player," Williams said. "He does things that obviously you can't coach. They are going to do two or three things that we haven't even seen on film, where they try to scheme a big play to him.

"The thing that I think that he does the best is, for a little guy when the ball goes up in the air, he plays like a 6-10 center. He goes and gets it. But what we've got to do is turn his little body over, so that when he does get it he lands on his head and he doesn't come back in for a while."

Williams said he is confident the Saints' starting cornerbacks, Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter, will be able to defend Smith.

"Our corner play has been outstanding, so we are not afraid of putting our corners out there," Williams said. "There will be some plays that he makes, and there will be some plays that we make. We just have to hope that it's not a point-producing play."

Sounds like a plan to me!

[Jase]

can't stop him? hurt him.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Yeah, that's pretty messed up. I hope to hell Smith reads that.

Your link doesn't work, by the way.

[PantherCrzy]

Sorry thats my first post but that was copied and pasted from the SaintsReport

[niblet]

That's just what Smith needs to play with a little fire under his ***, and you don't want him playing that way. Good move... NOT!

[rayzor]

i don't want any saints fans coming in here talking about class.

what a lame way to coach.

i could talk about all we have to do is break their already fragile players but i didn't want to stoop so low.

so much for wanting an injury free game.

i will say that if the panthers read this and smith gets hurt, i can guarantee a couple key saints players are going to be getting hurt. you want a fight, the panthers are going to give you one.

[cjjr72984]

Saints corners are good enough to slow down Smitty. Saints will probably do what the Eagles did earlier this year.

[rayzor]

Saints corners are good enough to slow down Smitty. Saints will probably do what the Eagles did earlier this year.

eagles didn't gameplan to hurt smith.

i wonder what fines there are for a coach to make a hit list. it's pretty stout for a player. for a coach it should be a lot higher.

[CRA]

Saints corners are good enough to slow down Smitty. Saints will probably do what the Eagles did earlier this year.

what? Hope Jake has one of his worst games of his career? and simply cash in on that?

[Snake]

Saints corners are good enough to slow down Smitty. Saints will probably do what the Eagles did earlier this year.

Thats called put a SS over the top to help the CB. No CB in this league can cover Smith one on one. People have tried and lost every time. Only Smith and Randy Moss have that talent. What the dirty Williams dose not know is Smith takes licks all the time. Hell Ed Reed laid the wood too him 3 years back and Smith just got up and patted him on the helmet. Im sorry no Saints CB or SS is gonna put Smith out without a cheap shot and that's a fact.

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

Thats called put a SS over the top to help the CB. No CB in this league can cover Smith one on one. People have tried and lost every time. Only Smith and Randy Moss have that talent. What the dirty Williams dose not know is Smith takes licks all the time. Hell Ed Reed laid the wood too him 3 years back and Smith just got up and patted him on the helmet. Im sorry no Saints CB or SS is gonna put Smith out without a cheap shot and that's a fact.

So only Smith and Moss cannot be singled covered? Wow. Keep your eye on a dude named Colston this weekend my deranged friend.

[Snake]

So only Smith and Moss cannot be singled covered? Wow. Keep your eye on a dude named Colston this weekend my deranged friend.

Ha your the deranged one. We shut down Fitz and Bolden dont think we cant shut down Colston. You guys are gonna be dumping passes off all game long. Dink and dunk is the only way your gonna win.

[PantherExpress]

I had some respect for how that D had made a turn around....not anymore. Can anyone get a link to the article?

[CRA]

So only Smith and Moss cannot be singled covered? Wow. Keep your eye on a dude named Colston this weekend my deranged friend.

Colston is a great WR....a Steve Smith he is not.