Remember when the report came out of practice that Smith, Sr. was frustrated that Flacco overthrew him on consecutive deep routes? And we all had something to say about it and even you and I went back and forth a few rounds? lol
Well, after rewatching the game a few moments ago...I realize that Smith, Sr., running those deep routes was a part of their surprising "game plan" to attack the Eagles secondary with it at some point in the game. Seems like they knew the Eagles would scheme for Wallace and Perriman running deep routes but not Smith, Sr. So, they stuck him on the outside a few times and kept taking shots to him deep down the field UNTIL they connected on that TD before the half!