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Steve Smith was going to retire after the 2014 season

TN05

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He can say what ever he wants now but the Panthers gave him the opportunity to have the career that he has and the life he has. All his bluster and BS helped get him a ticket out of here and he has no one to blame for that but himself.If we could only know what went down between him and teammates in the locker room.....we all know about his violent episodes in the past.. You can deny it all you want, but the reality is something was going down with him and other teammates.....and that was causing a problem. The comments from RR and hs past history sure point that way.

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Some people believe that if Smith had told The FO about his retirement plans after 2014, then that may have softened the FO's stance, but after reading David Newtons article regarding Smith's sentiment in the SI interview, Newton apparently isn't one of them.  Newton has a point (though I still would have loved to see Smitty play in the slot with Benjamin and someone else on the outside).  At the end of the day, maybe David Newton is 100 percent correct in that Smith's presence would have stunted our young receivers' growth.

 

 

 

To have kept Smith for a farewell tour would not have helped the Carolina offense progress. It would not have allowed young receivers such as Tavarres King, Marvin McNutt, Brenton Bersinand Kealoha Pilares to get the time on the field that they need to prove themselves. 

 

 

 

 

 

"But I'm going to take a few people down with me. Not in spite, but just fun. I'm going to enjoy playing ball again. I'm going to have fun here." 

That is a good thing, because there were times Smith didn't appear to be having fun last season with Carolina. He deserves to have fun at this point in his career. 

But it was time for the Panthers to move on. 

Even if it postponed Smith's retirement.

 

 

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Steve stirring the pot, nonstop...... people forget steve wanted to be traded during his career. More than once too, so steve can change his feelings. The time behind a mic hes learned how to be more of a attention grabber.

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Sure it would.....he doesn't have that in the tank anymore

He seemed fine against the Niners with a bad leg. Maybe if he wasn't facing constant double teams (like he won't be facing as a #3 slot guy this year) or if we were throwing the ball a lot (like we weren't this year) he'd have had better numbers.

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