Quote:The same trash that turned Torry Smith into a 1000 yard WR and got just under 49 catches and 7TDs out of an undrafted rookie?

Torrey Smith has not improved one bit since his rookie season. He was a significantly better prospect coming out of MD than Shorts was out of Mt Union and Shorts is a much better pro. Sure Smith had 1000 yards this past season, but it had far more to do with his role changing than improvement as a player. Marlon Brown, while undrafted, is a talented player and also benefited, from a stats standpoint anyway, form the departure of Anquan Boldin and injuries to Dennis Pitta and Jacoby Jones. Jim Hostler is not in the same class of coach as Jerry Sullivan. If he was, he would likely have been promoted to OC by the Ravens or offered a job by former Ravens OC Jim Caldwell upon his hiring as Lions HC rather than simply being let go.

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