By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
Vonn Bell asks Tre’Quan Smith the same question every week.
“Hey, you got a big play for me this week?”
The Saints rookie wide receiver always promises the Saints safety one, but Smith is now delivering frequently and emphatically. In the last two games, the third-round pick has looked like the guy who provided daily highlights throughout training camp.
It started against Washington when Smith made a seemingly impossible catch on the sideline. It is hard to adequately describe just how quickly his momentum was carrying him to the sideline and how close his feet were to missing the green. But Smith managed to complete his out route by tapping his toes with cornerback Quinton Dunbar in tight pursuit for a gain of 14.
But it wasn’t a fluke, because Smith made one of the more important catches of the young season on the sideline during a late scoring drive against Baltimore. It required some athletic prowess, as he stood on the sideline and caught a 26-yard pass from Drew Brees, but Smith was stationary this time. Success was as dependent on fooling the cornerback as it was maintaining control of his body....
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