Entire Browns Offense Preivew
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Skeptical2013 said:
Jacoby Jones made the pro bowl squad last year and became the first player in SB history to both run back a kick for a TD and to catch a receiving TD. That's quite an accomplishment in the Big Game as the guy showed he can get it done with the most on the line. Does Josh Gordon have this kind of accomplishment on his resume? Ah, no. Right now Jones is the better receiver. Maybe in a year or two Gordon will be better, but Gordon needs to run patterns better and work on his separation from DBs. Gordon lacks elite speed. That hurts him.
It is always a question with these guys: how good are these #2 WR guys when the #1 guy leaves.
The Ravens lost Anquan Boldin...the heart and soul of that WR corps. How good will Smith and Jones be now that they have to step up.
Ask Steeler fans.....after Hines Ward retired it is their claim that Mike Wallace definitely shrank in stature and productivity. And several of them who post here say they were not sorry to see him go to greener pastures.
Smith and Jones can look good when they are not the focus of the defense....but what about now?
Sure, on paper it seems like they ought to become the team's star.....but that is paper.
It is always a question with these guys: how good are these #2 WR guys when the #1 guy leaves.
The Ravens lost Anquan Boldin...the heart and soul of that WR corps. How good will Smith and Jones be now that they have to step up.
Ask Steeler fans.....after Hines Ward retired it is their claim that Mike Wallace definitely shrank in stature and productivity. And several of them who post here say they were not sorry to see him go to greener pastures.
Smith and Jones can look good when they are not the focus of the defense....but what about now?
Sure, on paper it seems like they ought to become the team's star.....but that is paper.
In the 2012 playoffs, Smith had 11 catches for a 21.2 average and caught 49 during the regular season good for 8TDs. in 2011,
he had 50 catches and 7 TDs. He'll have a good season in 2013. Smith is a little faster than Gordon.
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It is always a question with these guys: how good are these #2 WR guys when the #1 guy leaves.
The Ravens lost Anquan Boldin...the heart and soul of that WR corps. How good will Smith and Jones be now that they have to step up.
Ask Steeler fans.....after Hines Ward retired it is their claim that Mike Wallace definitely shrank in stature and productivity. And several of them who post here say they were not sorry to see him go to greener pastures.
Smith and Jones can look good when they are not the focus of the defense....but what about now?
Sure, on paper it seems like they ought to become the team's star.....but that is paper.
In the 2012 playoffs, Smith had 11 catches for a 21.2 average and caught 49 during the regular season good for 8TDs. in 2011,
he had 50 catches and 7 TDs. He'll have a good season in 2013. Smith is a little faster than Gordon.
Skeptical2013 said:
In the 2012 playoffs, Smith had 11 catches for a 21.2 average and caught 49 during the regular season good for 8TDs. in 2011,
he had 50 catches and 7 TDs. He'll have a good season in 2013. Smith is a little faster than Gordon.
Yes, and that offense had Anquan Boldin doing the heavy lifting. What were his playoff stats? Smith and Jone will not have the opposing defenses paying attention to the monster that was Boldin. They will have to stand on their own. Maybe they can, maybe they can't.
Speed alone doesn't make a great receiver.....see Boldin, not the fastest guy.
David Heyward-Bey would be the shit if that were so.
And Ronaldo Nehemiah would not have been a bust.
I am not saying that Smith and Jones won't be good....just that they will be much more tested....and will have to pass that test against much more difficult odds.
(one of those being the vast improved Cleveland Browns defensive backfield
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