Steve Smith, WR, Carolina Panthers (1 Viewer)

[Kuz]

He's still pretty solid. Doesn't sound like any receivers are really threatening his wr1 status either.Broken arm healed, he's working on conditioning Brad BiggsPrint ThisSend ThisAUGUST 31, 2010, 10:40 AM ESTADD A COMMENTSteve Smith continues to point to the season opener Sept. 12 against the New York Giants as his projected date to return from that inconvenient broken left arm he suffered playing flag football.He’s been working on his conditioning in training camp with the Carolina Panthers, and an offense that has done next to nothing in preseason is going to need its biggest star.“Have not diverted from the path at hand, which is Week 1 in New York,” Smith told Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer. “And that’s been the focal point, and that’s kind of where it’s going to start.“This Monday, cardio-wise is a lot better than last Monday, significantly,” he said. “That’s a relief mentally for me. That’s a little bit more reps I can go before coming out cardio-wise, so that was good. Last week I was hurting, my lungs were hurting, chest was burning. It was like the last thousand meters” of a marathon.”It is unlikely Smith will play on Thursday in the preseason finale at Pittsburgh. The Panthers need him badly as the lone threat in their passing game, and they’re fortunate there have been no setbacks to this point.Carolina has a talented pair of running backs and the Panthers are going to face a slew of eight-man fronts until quarterback Matt Moore and Smith can prove to be an effective combination. Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to do much work toward that goal this summer.Follow me on Twitter: BradBiggs

I think he'll really pay off this year if people get him as a WR#2. With that running game & really nothing else in the passing game... he should be good again this year.

 

[SteelerMurf]

I frankly don't know what people see in this guy. He had one monster years, a couple good other years, but really besides that he is a fancy Hines Ward or Derrick Mason. His QB stinks and there is no other passing weapons to even keep a defense honest. His supporting passing cast is comical. I am not sure if there is a worst combo of QB, TE, WR2, and WR3 in the NFL. Oh and he is coming off a broken arm and if you read up he isn't even in football shape yet. He said that himself.

I think the Carolina Running Game needs to be figured in to this a bit. Teams can't just sit back & double Smith etc with Williams & Stewart pounding the ball all day. Steve Smith is a very solid WR. Maybe not elite like some of the others but a really good bet to get 80 catches 1100 yards & 8 TD's..

8 TDs would match his 2nd best year ever. Just saying.....