[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

And now the next time Keysor is trying to make an 'evenhanded review' of Smith's game, stuff like this has to be in the back of your mind.

Because criticizing Smith for either of those plays is nothing more than ax grinding.

If your argument isn't helping your case, it's actively hurting it. Make it strong or don't make it at all.

You can say the same for pointing out Kelce's drop in the Pittsburgh game -or any receiver dropping a singular pass- as having an ax to grind too. Notice that's always high on the list for the 9er apologists reasons: it's always the receiver's fault.

You can't say "Well, Rodgers misses open guys too" and then immediately blast a receiver for a specific dropped pass because of the double standard given no receiver is 100% perfect in 100% of games.

Now if Maclin or Kelce goes complete butterfingers in a game then absolutely they deserve specific blame.