I love our Steve Smith and think he has a bright future in the NFL. that said, right now there’s no comparison between him and your Steve Smith. Aside from both being short, there aren’t many similarities. Ours is more of a possession guy, nowhere near as explosive as yours. He runs very good routes, and usually has great hands, though he’s had some drops lately. He also seems like the type of guy who just has his head in the game, picking up more first downs than any other Giants receiver, although he had one uncharacteristic mess up where against the Redskis were he stepped out of bounds before crossing the line on a 3rd down.

As for Tyree, he’s been “hurt” and is on IR. Some of us speculate that he wasn’t that seriously hurt and could have made it back this year, but that he wasn’t going to make the roster b/c of our depth at receiver, and the Giants didn’t want to cut the Super Bowl hero.

how fast is our Steve Smith? I definitely don’t think of him as a blazer, but last night I needed to take a bit of a rest from studying, so I fired up my Madden 09 for the first time in over a month and continued my franchise, which is like 4 or 5 seasons in. I noticed that Smith has 99 speed in the game. I kept sending him on deep routes and burning the defense, it was flippin sweet. That’s gotta be a glitch in my game though, right, there’s no way Smith is that fast in real life, is there?

Our Steve Smith is nowhere near the Panthers steve smith; hes more of a possession receiver

The Giants’ Steve Smith is Jesus Christ in shoulder pads.
The Panther’s Steve Smith kills kittens for pleasure and steals money from children’s charities.

And he was drowning orphans he had adopted

Is a Wes Welker type. He’s not the fastest guy on earth, but he makes up for it in the fact that he’s really quick, runs great routes and rarely makes mistakes. He generates separation incredibly well, especially on third and long. I have a feeling that our Steve Smith will be a great Number 2 in the NFL but never a superstar like Panther Steve Smith.