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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The fact is their secondary got diced and they were victimized by a bunch of well timed blitzes that Smith would have had nothing to do with picking up. He certainly would have helped but I don't think he makes the difference.

Again you and Phil underestimate offensive lineman. They aren't easy to come by and with a game manager at QB instead of a game maker losing a great offensive lineman makes an absolutely tremendous difference.