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Though he was drafted in the first round by the Ravens back in 2011, Jimmy Smith has never quite lived up to that billing, until this season. He always looked like a player long on talent, but that wasn’t translating to the field consistently. He had ups and downs, but coming into this season his career coverage grade at PFF was just -1.4, not a disastrous figure, but not enough to justify his draft position. With Patrick Peterson and Richard Sherman also coming in that 2011 Draft, Smith had always been in the shadows of that draft class.

This season though we are seeing the realization of all of that talent. Through six games his coverage grade is already +6.2, and he has graded positively in five of his six games, with a nondescript -0.3 being the only minor blemish. Smith has allowed a passer rating of just 50.5 when targeted and on the 18 passes he has allowed to be caught he has given up just 135 yards, an average of just 7.5.

With that kind of ability to limit receivers on the underneath stuff you would think Smith would be vulnerable to the occasional deep lapse, being caught too eager to jump on the first move or just not respecting the deep threat enough, but that hasn’t been the case.

He hasn’t been beaten for a catch longer than 24 yards and has yet to give up a touchdown score.

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Quote (Hako @ Oct 16 2014 01:06pm)

So we signed Flacco 2 days ago

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So we signed Flacco 2 days ago

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I read this, but figured he was irrelevant to you so I didn't post it in your jags thread.

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Don't really know much about him. TE is a big area of need for this team, so I can understand the pick up. They placed the TE we had on PS on IR. Doesn't hurt for them to take a look.

It's hard to say if Marcedes will be back next year. He's due to make like 6.5mil next season. Regardless, I'm sure we'll draft a TE this year.

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This is shaping up to be a weak draft class for TEs, and a weak draft in general.

Lewis sucks anyway, guy has brick hands.

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Ryan Mink ‏@ryanmink  10m10 minutes ago
Just want to point out that Rick Wagner is the 5th-best offensive tackle in the NFL right now, per @PFF. Remember that Oher guy?