Survivor I - Steve Smith Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Recent Stats

YR	RSH	RSHYD	RSHTD	REC	RECYD	RECTD	FPT	RANK
2002	1	-4	0	54	872	3	104.8	42
2003	11	42	0	88	1110	7	157.2	15
2004	0	0	0	6	60	0	6.0	143

Positives - If you’ve watched Smith play as much as I have, you’ll realize that he’s one of the best WRs in the game. Smith is fearless over the middle and would sooner slug a team mate then avoid contact by dodging out of bounds. He’s even as fast as a speeding bullet and will leap over CBs in single bound. From week 6-16 in 2003, (he only played a quarter or so in week 17 as the game meant nothing), the worst statistical day for Smith was 4-50. If you expand those 11 games into an entire season you get 106-1400-9. Based on the 2005 FBG projections this would put Smith in the #5 to #6 range with Johnson and Horn.

Negatives - The qualities that make Smith one of the best WRs in the league as tend to make him a huge injury risk. Some will point to the loss of Muhammad as a negative, but I see it as a non factor.

Draft Strategy - As soon as I mapped out my draft, I was relying on the low FBG ranking to drop Smith into my lap. He’s a third round talent that I felt comfortable would last until round five. Having this trump card allowed me to be aggressive with my third round pick.