Smoot: Time to sit on the bench.

Smoot got abused against NY but I didn't see his play yesterday as a problem at all.

Fred Smoot should not be covering a starting wide receiver on third down. He doesn't get burned deep, but that's because he plays with a ridiculous cushion on every passing down. I was at the game, and watched him give an eight yard cushion on multiple third and shorts. It's like the term press coverage isn't even in his vocabulary.

And while I do think he should be on the field in nickel situations, he's a liability when he's one on one. I'm hoping it's because he's banged up, but he's always been pretty soft in single coverage.

Ohhh geez...can you guys go oe game with out calling for someones head???:frusty:

Fred Smoot should not be covering a starting wide receiver on third down. He doesn't get burned deep, but that's because he plays with a ridiculous cushion on every passing down. I was at the game, and watched him give an eight yard cushion on multiple third and shorts. It's like the term press coverage isn't even in his vocabulary.

And while I do think he should be on the field in nickel situations, he's a liability when he's one on one. I'm hoping it's because he's banged up, but he's always been pretty soft in single coverage.
Man coverage is his strong suite, he loves press coverage, when he is not in press coverage it is because Blache does not want him to.

Ohhh geez...can you guys go oe game with out calling for someones head???:frusty:

Says you "doughtydoubter"? LOL. :rofl:

Man coverage is his strong suite, he loves press coverage, when he is not in press coverage it is because Blache does not want him to.

I know that "keeping the receiver in front of you" is a staple of the Williams/Blache defensive gameplan, but I doubt very seriously that when Fred Smoot gives up seven yards on third and five, Blache is happy, simply because Smoot kept the guy in front of him.

Also Smoot is not, and has never been a suffocating, press coverage corner. His strength has been his ability to read the quarterback and jump routes, and I still believe he's servicable in that capacity. That's why he should be on the field in nickel situations.

I have not read all the post but wasn't it Smoot who deflected the ball late in the forth that Horton int.? You also have to remember that the Saints have a very good O and our D did a great job keeping them in check.

He also had a tip that Horton reeled in today. Shutdown no. Serviceable? YES
Exactly, he set up that IT. I didn't see anything terrible out of him.

Exactly, he set up that IT. I didn't see anything terrible out of him.

In many ways it was Smoot's interception. Smoot doesn't make the play, neither does Horton.

Smoot is not our best corner. But he is good for a nickle back and we are fortunate to have him on our defense.