I was casually browsing Twitter. Marc James is obsessed

[MGH1989]

With the Panthers and Cam Newton. Pretty funny actually. Also likes to bring up how the Panthers let Smitty go. Which is hilarious because he use to talk mad poo about him, but when Smitty would be in studio he would suck him off. I wonder how long until he mentions this thread.

[Dexterity]

Yeah, Dave really fuged up cutting Smith. It's not like he's gonna need the $25m in cap space it created for 2015/2016. Stupid Yankee.

[ctrcat]

That guy is as sleazy as they come. While we all have flaws, it boggles the mind how two faced this guy is/was. I don't know how someone can sleep at night talking one way to a man's face, then another behind his back, on a routine basis, all on public airwaves/the net. He seems the type whose time on earth will pass someday like everyone in this life, and whom no one will remember or remember as anything other than a Master Douche. Sad.

[RoaringRiot]

Who?

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

i think bucs fans even warned us about him when he initially came to charlotte.  he was run out of that market prior to that apparently.

[chknwing]

letting steve smith go wasnt as bad as u guys think. Smith avgs 4 catches a game.  Thats ok but nothing stellar.

[MHS831]

letting steve smith go wasnt as bad as u guys think. Smith avgs 4 catches a game.  Thats ok but nothing stellar.

Yup

Steve was unwilling to renegotiate his deal (I wouldn't either at 35) and keeping him would have cost this franchise dearly.  People ignore that part.  Smith knows how to draw attention to himself and make people think he is actually better than he is.  Look at his numbers.  He had one of the lowest yardage per target rates in the NFL, and had 740 yards last year. 

 

And his attitude was detrimental to young WRs.  He was a dick, basically.  No WR ever prospered here who was signed or drafted after Smitty was.  I think the number who tried is around 35.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

Yup

Steve was unwilling to renegotiate his deal (I wouldn't either at 35) and keeping him would have cost this franchise dearly.  People ignore that part.  Smith knows how to draw attention to himself and make people think he is actually better than he is.  Look at his numbers.  He had one of the lowest yardage per target rates in the NFL, and had 740 yards last year. 

 

And his attitude was detrimental to young WRs.  He was a dick, basically.  No WR ever prospered here who was signed or drafted after Smitty was.  I think the number who tried is around 35.

 

the cap scenarios have been laid out pretty clearly in a bunch of threads.  it usually falls on deaf ears though.

 

it makes me think of a politician who can stand on the soapbox and give an energetic, rabble rousing, but ultimately simplistic speech on a populist issue that gets the audience fired up.  it doesn't matter that a lot of very real, very serious factors don't square with what they're saying because it's emotionally resonant and stirring which is why it's effective.

[RickyManningJr]

letting steve smith go wasnt as bad as u guys think. Smith avgs 4 catches a game. Thats ok but nothing stellar.

Did you see that game winning 80 yard td he had called back against Cincinnati due to a bogus offensive pass interference call? You may be right about the cap savings being worth it as he is only getting older, but it is wrong to understate what we lost.