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Originally Posted by Pawnmower
Smith 0-4 throwing deeper than 15 yds
I think his longest completion was 13 yds
Smiths accuracy on deep balls hasn't been good. There's no reason to believe the exact same results would be there. They both bring different things to the table. Just a matter of even looking downfield...it seems lIke alex is going so fast through progressions he hits the most safe pass more...which can be a good thing.
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Foles is a better and more willing downfield passer; there's not much argument there.
But let's not act like the first deep ball that Foles completed was worth a shit (it wasn't; that was a terribad throw) or the second one wasn't one that Cassel couldn't have completed. Smith has made several throws tougher than that one recently.
I think it's more likely than not that both of those plays have similar results. On the first two deep balls that Alex threw, the Colts DB actually had good coverage. He didn't mis-fire on the throws, the defender just made the play. As has been noted, he was pretty sharp before the first hit. His strikes to Kelce were perfectly on time and hit Kelce in stride. On the 2 deep throws in question that that Foles made, one was blown coverage and on the other the throw may honestly have been too poor to be defended; he underthrew Hill by 5 yards there.