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Originally Posted by Pestilence
And you could see that difference when Smith was in the game. When Smith was in....there was less running room because the defense knew that he wasn't going deep. He gets knocked out....and all of a sudden the defense has to respect Foles to Hill.
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Smith went deep twice in the first series.
I think the gameplan called for attacking a weak Colts secondary. And just last week Smith went deep to Hill despite Hill not having space when the ball was thrown so it's hard to say that teams wouldn't respect the potential of a downfield throw to Hill.
I just don't see any reason to believe that Smith wouldn't have tried those passes or had the exact same results. The first ball was poorly thrown and the second was a layup.