Steve Smith had a nice run among the top echelon of receivers for awhile, but it was cut short this past year after finishing 18th in the league with just 142.1 fantasy points (basic scoring system). Not only was it his lowest fantasy output over the past five seasons, but it was also the lowest amount of receptions (65) and fewest yards (982) he’d put up over that time period as well. What’s even more alarming about the drop-off is that he ended up sitting on the bottom rung of the NFLs Steve Smith totem pole! However, the good news in all this is that none of it had anything to do with Smith as a football player. The Panthers lack of even a decent WR2 left Smitty double-teamed for most of the year, while his QB for the first 11 games, Jake Delhomme, was about as useless as a one-armed trapeze artist with an itchy ass. Another bit of good news was that as soon as backup QB Matt Moore was inserted into the lineup, Smitty went right back to his dominating self by averaging just under 14 fantasy points a game.
