steve smith vs hines ward

Zithers · Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 1246

my father (steeler fan) and i (panthers fan duh) have an ongoing argument over who is better between the two. he swears ward is better because he's "the best blocking WR of all-time" and won a super bowl mvp... while i argue that smitty is a good blocker and put up good enough numbers to overcome the hardware that came from one, single performance.

for funsies here's an average season of their careers. left out ward's last and first years (since he didn't start for one and sucked in the other). left out smitty's rookie season (returner only) and 2004 when he only played for one half.

Smitty: 74 catches, 1106 yards, 6 TDs
Hines: 78 catches, 956 yards, 7 TDs

so yeah what does ff comparisons think?
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RuskieTitan · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:45 am Post subject:

Steve Smith was / is better.
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Steve Smith
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Stevie.
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Ward. More TDs, less fumbles.
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Steve Smith.

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JDKing14 · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 938 Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Smith is the clear choice here. If he had the quarterbacks that Ward had throughout his career this wouldn't even be worthy of a comparison IMO. He's just a more explosive and game-changing player.

People also forget that he was an all-pro returner as a rookie.

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RainbowCarebear · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:07 pm Post subject:

Steve Smith
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titwio · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject:

Steve Smith vs Hines Ward?

I think it would be a great fight.
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Ketchup · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject:

Hines Ward: 217 games played. 55.68 yards per game. 12.1 yards per reception. 0.39 TD's per game.

Steve Smith: 164 games played. 68.76 yards per game. 14.9 yards per reception. 0.37 TD's per game.

Pretty clear who the better WR was/is. Smith wins by a good margin.
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El ramster · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject:

MikeLowrey · Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 137 Location: Illinois

I always feel weird looking at topics with all lowercase letters. Felt even worse opening the topic.

On the question at hand, it's Steve Smith by a pretty good margin. Not a "not even close" margin, but enough to know 10/10, Steve is the better receiver.