So where would you put Steve Smith on your top ten list of receivers?

[Panthro]

Do you base this on production, or who you would want on your team today?

Who do I want on my team....

Johnson A.

Johnson C.

Fitz

Jackson

Smith

Wayne...could be skewed

after that is get murky

Flip Flip Calvin and Fitz and you have mine

[brandon_87]

r. moss

a. johnson

s. smith

l. fitzgerald

b. marshall

g. gennings

c. ochocinco

c. johnson

l. evans

b. edwards

honorable mention:

t. owens

s. rice

h. ward

[Mesmer]

If he's top 10 right now, he's 8-10. I'd probably put him somewhere between 12-15.

He's really tough and he's awesome, but right now there's just no way he's top 5 in the league. Absolutely no way. Not at this point in his career. In his prime he was top 5 at the time. But not anymore.

[Jackofalltrades]

Top 5 for me.

Andre Johnson and Fitz top the list, Smitty is somewhere behind those two.

[PanthersPhan18]

Probably 4th in the league right now. Would be #1 if he had a Peyton Manning or Drew Brees throwing to him.

[Guest silver82blade]

i think he's the best wide receiver of all time. people think i'm just a gushing fan when i say that, but i honestly think he is. if he had a great quarterback throwing to him, with a good 3 receiver set to take pressure off him, he'd probably be breaking records. i've seen smith bust out of a gang tackle by 4 or so defenders, get past a guy on the sideline with only the front tip of his foot inbounds, and several other things i've never seen elite receivers do. randy moss and folks like that just make it look easier because they aren't under 6 feet. smith has to jump and fight and actually work to catch passes, but i think he does it better than anyone before him. it's just a shame we never gave him a supporting cast to give him a better hall of fame resume. he'll probably be long forgotten a few years after he retires.

[Panthro]

i think he's the best wide receiver of all time. people think i'm just a gushing fan when i say that, but i honestly think he is. if he had a great quarterback throwing to him, with a good 3 receiver set to take pressure off him, he'd probably be breaking records. i've seen smith bust out of a gang tackle by 4 or so defenders, get past a guy on the sideline with only the front tip of his foot inbounds, and several other things i've never seen elite receivers do. randy moss and folks like that just make it look easier because they aren't under 6 feet. smith has to jump and fight and actually work to catch passes, but i think he does it better than anyone before him. it's just a shame we never gave him a supporting cast to give him a better hall of fame resume. he'll probably be long forgotten a few years after he retires.

:eek:

[Guest silver82blade]

well, what does jerry rice do better than steve smith? does he run faster? does he run block better? does he have better hands? smith is the whole package and he does everything top notch. why can't he be the best all-time? stats don't mean anything to me. that's too dependent on the team they played with, and the calibre of players they played against in their era.

[Panthro]

well, what does jerry rice do better than steve smith? does he run faster? does he run block better? does he have better hands? smith is the whole package and he does everything top notch. why can't he be the best all-time? stats don't mean anything to me. that's too dependent on the team they played with, and the calibre of players they played against in their era.

Well if stats don't matter...

[The Saltman]

lol at saying Steve Smith is better than Jerry Rice. That probably has to be the stupidest thing I have heard on this forum in my whole life.

[The Saltman]

well anything Jakedelhomme17 said was pretty stupid. But it is right up there.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

lol at saying Steve Smith is better than Jerry Rice. That probably has to be the stupidest thing I have heard on this forum in my whole life.

That has to be won of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Considering stupidest is not a word.

[The Saltman]

That has to be won of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Considering stupidest is not a word.

ure stupidest than me

[CRA]

Probably 4th in the league right now. Would be #1 if he had a Peyton Manning or Drew Brees throwing to him.

Nope. Not at this point. All things being even....Smitty doesn't hang w/ an Andre Johnson type reciever. Smitty plays at a high level but he isn' the same WR he was a few years ago. I prefer Smitty's style of play better though than an Andre Johnson today though.