condon84
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Yeah you can tell who know and who don't know jack **** about Steve Smith. Personally I'm shocked to see the Panthers at least halfway doing the right thing and releasing him, instead of Sproling him to the Browns.
As for all the other ignorant comments:
-Smith, is going to make 3 million dollars guaranteed from the Panthers no matter where goes. He's not going to be playing for the money at this point. He's made his money and he's in Carolina and the position he is in right now because of his loyalty vs money.
-He's been one of the Panthers player appointed Captains for a long time now, a leader on that team, and a player others looked up to. The fighting incidents are not only old, but it's the equivalent of a dude just decking someone in the face for saying something disrespectul about your momma. He may have punched someone, but in the eyes of those who know, it's about the equivalent of Bardy losing his cool and cursing out O'Brian on national TV. And certainly never had any of the serious issues other WR that have graced Pats uniforms have. Moss, Ochocinco, etc. He had the equivalent of schoolyard fights between two jocks, not some mental headcase aggressor. When he was younger he just had a tendency to strike first and ask questions later.
-Finally, he's been ASKING to be in the slot or give him some help and to put him in a reduced role. They didn't. He wanted LaFell to take on the reigns from him and has been helping him do that ever since LaFell came in as a rookie. LaFail failed to win the job.
Please take it from those of us fans who have actually watched this dude for 13 years since he was a rookie, day in and day out, and knows his personal life in Charlotte, rather than ESPN.
Steve Smith on the field.
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Steve Smith off the field:
In a nutshell. Appearances and hearsay can be deceiving.
Use some common sense. You don't get to be the #1 option on the same team for 13 years if you have major issues. And you certainly don't get to have the owner- quite frankly they have never even liked each other and probably still don't to this day- bow down to Smith and personally beg him to come back to the team when he was a free agent, if he doesn't know the kind of man he is or if he thought he was a major headcase. Smith earned everyone's respect on that team, from owner to janitor and has the same old school mentality that a coach like BB has.
Great post.
I didn't know he was that involved off the field with his community, but just watching him play the past 13 years you can tell he's insanely competitive and cares probably too much for people who are not as competitive as he is.
Would be like getting Rodney for our offense.
Ozzie Smith knows he lost quite a leader in Anquan, Smith will be the guy to replace that void.