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Steve Smith Is Very, Very Average Now

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Reactionary thread. I don't think that drops are something that get worse with age. It doesn't make any sense for there to be a correlation between Steve dropping the ball and him being older. What is the rationale there? I think he's just had some moments when he wasn't in the game mentally and we're looking at a lot of coincidence in terms of him dropping catchable passes. I think he's putting too much pressure on himself to produce like he did when he was 25. He's evolving, not becoming useless. He's still far and away our best bet.

 

If you want to see a very, very average NFL wide receiver then look no further than a guy like Domenik Hixon. That's average. Smith is still damn good. He'd be a starter on most any team in the league.

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We played a very good defense today and won.  Smiity may not have all the tools he use to have , but his heart and determination is that of a prize fighter.

He may have been knocked down several times, but he got back up and made plays that kept the chains moving when we needed a veteran to step up.

 

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Reactionary thread. I don't think that drops are something that get worse with age. It doesn't make any sense for there to be a correlation between Steve dropping the ball and him being older. What is the rationale there? I think he's just had some moments when he wasn't in the game mentally and we're looking at a lot of coincidence in terms of him dropping catchable passes. I think he's putting too much pressure on himself to produce like he did when he was 25. He's evolving, not becoming useless. He's still far and away our best bet.

 

If you want to see a very, very average NFL wide receiver then look no further than a guy like Domenik Hixon. That's average. Smith is still damn good. He'd be a starter on most any team in the league.

 

Doesn't your hand-eye coordination gets worse as you get older???

 

I wonder what Smitty said to Lafell on the sideline that set Lafell off.  Dude looked legit pissed.

 

I think Lafell was giving him motivation unless we talking different plays here, but if it was after SS wide open drop then yea...

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Hard to acknowledge this for my favorite Panther of all-time, but he is not very good anymore. I don't ever remember him having this many drops in a three-season span as he has had just this season so far. Very disappointing.

about the drops it seems to be a team wide issue and here's what I've been wondering…..

 

 

Is it Cam Newton? I remember growing up watching Brett Farve play(one of my all time fav none panthers) and the side line reporters always talk about how hard he throws Passes and sometimes the hardness of them being thrown causes them to sometimes drop.  And last year I watched Andrew Luck for the first time about 3/4 through the season after only watching the Panthers Play, and thought to myself he's either throwing a really slow ball or Cam has a rocket of a Arm.

 

And honestly have been wondering if this has been the Issue, now it's not the sole reason for them but you have to admit there have been a fair amount this year including a very sure handed Olsen even dropping a few, not to mention Smith and the Rest of the Crew.

 

Now is this a issue? yeah you may want Cam to have a little more touch and less hammer, but the speed of the passes is also one of Cam's strong points, it's one of those things where you can't have your cake and eat it too, you have the take the immense good that comes from having a fast and accurate arm with the negative of the dropped passes from over powering it to the point of catching receivers off guard or unable to pull the rocket in….

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I think it's time to move on from Proudiddy. He's been a mediocre huddler at best but he has since fell off.

Getting old does not make you drop passes. Lack of focus makes you drop passes. Cams throws have a ton of rotation on them and it's hard to stop. I think all of our receivers have had trouble with the fact the balls are thrown, as Billick says "flat", the rotation carries the ball into your hands almost like a bullet. Just need a specialized jugs machine that put more RPMs on the ball.

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