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Ravens tell Smith to take a little time out

Mr. Scot

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Well, this is odd.

 

So, shortly after the Ravens playoff defeat, Steve Smith came out and said he was looking forward to coming back next year.

 

Now the Ravens have asked him to take three weeks to think about it :blink:

 

It was a quick decision for a player who has flirted with retirement in the past and Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday that the team wants him to take some time before making any final decisions. Harbaugh said General Manager Ozzie Newsome told Smith to take three weeks to “take a nap, figuratively, and kind of decide how you feel” about a 15th NFL season.

Assuming the decision remains the same, Harbaugh said that the Ravens might have a different role in mind for Smith after the vet had 573 of his 1,065 receiving yards in the first six weeks of the season.

“Steve was brimming with enthusiasm last time I talked to him to come back and play a role — whatever role that might be,” Harbaugh said, via ESPN.com. “He doesn’t have to be [in] a role where he’s playing every snap or anything like that, but he looks like he still has plenty left in the tank to me. So, hopefully we can … It’s up to Steve, really, in the end – how he feels and if he thinks he can do it physically.”

 

PFT: Ravens want Steve Smith to take three weeks before confirming he wants to return

 

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This sounds like the typical, "No, I'm not breaking up with you, we should just take a break for a little while."

Gotta admit, It does kinda sound like they're saying, "Hey, we'd sure love to have ya, but are you sure you wanna come back? I mean, really sure?"

I honestly can't recall ever seeing a team tell a veteran player who said he was coming back to 'think about it'.

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This sounds like the typical, "No, I'm not breaking up with you, we should just take a break for a little while."

 

I never heard that, but my friends told me they were told that.  My ex-girlfriends would tell me (through a locked door) that the police were on the way and she had a restraining order.  Technically, however, that is the same thing, in my world.

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