Smoot: Time to sit on the bench.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

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.