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Originally Posted by Pestilence
Drops unfortunately are worse for Smith because of the limited shots he does take down the field....and the fact that they make him less comfortable with making throws that other QBs have no problem making.
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Exactly.
I was in the lot watching the Packers game at a neighboring tailgate. And when I was watching, I saw maybe 10 minutes of game action and in that time I saw Cook drop three passes.
We went walking inside and watched the final 2 drives from the concourse. Cook had another gack at some point and I turned to my buddy and said "jesus, I've seen maybe 15 plays in this game and I swear Cook has dropped half of them..."
And then he makes the catch that killed off the Cowboys on a beautiful strike from Rodgers.
If Smith's the QB in that game, Tigger is blaming Cook for the drops. But with Rodgers, it's still a W because he's a great QB that kept pushing that rock up the mountain until he got it there.
Smith will push that rock and push and push, but if he stumbles and it rolls downhill, he's not going to get it moving again. He's a fine QB when things are going well but if things go poorly, he isn't a guy that can pull it from the fire.
There's simply not enough margin here. His teammates have to play great for him to win and that's not the case for about 1/3 of the teams in the league. Someday I'd like to be one of those 10 squads.
Presently, we aren't. And I don't think we can expect the team to play great football for 3 straight weeks in January (frankly, with this franchise, I don't think we can expect great football in ANY week in January).