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this is a discussion within the NFL Community Forum; "This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game," Smith said. "I think that's a totally overblown stat. Because if you're losing games in the second half, guess what? You're like the Carolina Panthers and ...
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Alex Smith: Cam Newton's stats overblown
"This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game," Smith said. "I think that's a totally overblown stat. Because if you're losing games in the second half, guess what? You're like the Carolina Panthers and you're going no-huddle the entire second half and, yeah, Cam Newton threw for a lot of 300-yard games, that's great. You're not winning, though."
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Smith is totally right!
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05-28-2012, 02:30 AM | #3 |
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Actually, he's totally wrong.
Cam Newton broke 300 yards in only 3 games. He managed to get to 4,000 total yards because of those 2 first games, when he threw for 850+ yards. He actually had more games of less than 200 yards total (4). And actually, the Panthers lost a lot of leads last year in the 3rd and 4th quarter. |
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Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper
And you get hung up on one part of what he said. "This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game," Smith said. "I think that's a totally overblown stat."
Just look at Brees last year, passed for a ton of yards still got beat by the 49ers. |
05-28-2012, 05:03 PM | #6 |
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Originally Posted by Crusader
Actually, I am getting "hung up" in 2/3rds to 3/4th's of what he said, and that part, is totally wrong. As for Brees and the Saints losing to the whiners, lest we forget, he did get the Saints back from a 17-0 deficit and put the Saints ahead with a minute and a half to go in the game against an outstanding defense. If he weren't actually able to throw for a ton of yards, the game's over in the 1st. And if it weren't for 4 consecutive horrible series by the Saints defense in the 4th quarter of a playoff game, Smith would be unemployed today, and no one would care what he had to say. |
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He is a Panther, so any kind of positive production is great. This year he will be replaced by RG3, in the Hype category that is.
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Smith: 16 G, 90.7 QBRat, 273/445 - 61.3% Comp, 3144 Yd, 17 TD, 5 Int
Newton: 16 G, 84.5 QBRat, 310/517 - 60.0% Comp, 4051 Yd, 21 TD, 17 Int Neither of you "shook up the world," you're both pedestrian ... ... but, Smith had a vastly better defense, and Newton was a rookie. I'm no Newton fan, but he's the #1 pick who'll be remembered of these two. |
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