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One more thing not to forget, New England: Torrey Smith - CBSSports.com

Someone notify BB in case he forgot.

JJDChE

Smith kind of perplexes me a little. I thought he was going to have a much more productive year this year. Every time I saw him play last year I was wowed by how good he looked. I thought he was going to have a big breakout year this year, but it didn't really pan out. He pretty much replicated last year. He needs to get better underneath or he's going to end up getting shut out by any team that can contain him over the top.

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Nunchucks

My guess is that he isn't a very good route runner, he can run the deep route real well though.

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He's still young and has plenty time to improve his game. Conventional wisdom says next year would be his breakout season if he has the potential to be a bonafide #1.

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I am getting tired of this overblown notion that Flacco outplayed Brady in last years AFC championship game. I know Brady says he sucked but I think he mostly played very well. I can only imagine how well he would have preformed if he had to pass against Moore and Arrington at corner with Edlemann covering the slot.

billdog3484

i dont know what this guy is talking about. we struggle much more against the great route runners than guys who are deep threats. not that great deep threats like smith are a walk in the park, but usually BB takes them out of the game. its the guys who roam between 12 and 25 yards we have the problems with. we dont give u p the big big TDs. we give up 20 yard TDs, but not usually 50/60/70 yarders.

if i remember correctly flacco missed smith a few times deep last year in the AFC championship when he was open. i think our D is much better equipped to handle that this year in this game (and since this years earlier game as well).

i think Ray Rice on screens and passes out in the flats, Anquan Boldin and Pitta are more concerning than smith.

The Gr8est

Oh crap! I forgot Torrey Smith!

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Rob0729

I thought Torrey Smith played for the Browns. Totally forgot he plays for the Ravens. Hope Belichick didn't make the same mistake.

IDK, Smith is the kind of guy Talib should do well against. Talib's best strength is when he can get physical and go man up with a receiver down the field. He struggles against route runners where he needs to play smarter and less physical. Smith is not a route runner. He is a straight line receiver.

KontradictioN

Agreed. He'll be a bigger, slightly better DeSean Jackson. When his speed starts to fade, so will his career unless he shows that he's willing enough to make the tough catches over the middle of the field.

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upstater1

I was in the stadium last year so I didn't get any of the crazy commentary about Brady's play, but watching last night's game didn't give me the impression he played badly.

The thing is, the bomb to Slater after the Spikes INT was a horrendously bad decision, and I've only seen Brady have a brainlock in important moments like that just 2 or 3 times during his career (Super Bowl against the Panthers).

But does one bad decision mean you played horribly?

Maybe yes, if you're Brady. And when he said "I sucked" people didn't really get that he's his harshest critic, and the throw to Slater was one of the worst of his career.

One throw can make you say, "I sucked." Even if the reality is that you played well most of the game.

I blame the offensive sputters on O'Brien and some bad running play calls, a problem which actually continued into the Super Bowl. I blame last year on O'Brien almost totally anyway. So glad that Josh McD is back.