05-19-2015, 01:30 PM
(05-19-2015, 01:48 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 7 years with Bengals: averaged 67 tackles and 6.2 sacks
7 years with 49ers: averaged 59 tackles and 6.2 sacks
He actually had the same exact sack total (43.5) in Cincy and SF. Justin Smith was just as good here as he was in SF.
The only thing that changed was perception. Here he was stuck on below average defenses with teams that barely contended.
In SF, he was on an elite defense with teams that went deep in the playoffs. Also, people didn't appreciate him here because he didn't meet sky high expectations.
Bresnahan was the most vanilla DC when it came to using players.
Zimmer (and now PG) love the sub-packages and kicking DE's around.
Smith would have been viewed similarly if he played under Zimmer here
