Ravens tell Smith to take a little time out

[All about the Benjamin]

Come back to Charlotte!

[Gregg S]

Or the Ravens might bring in a fresh crop of new and young receivers and wants Smith's new role to be as more of a mentor.

 

Smitty?  A mentor?  Seriously?    

[cgarsmoker]

This is the type of thing you'd say to a guy who constantly wants to beat down the bearer of bad news.

Steve Biscotti - "We might need Steve to take a reduced role or even retire if we get the right young guys in the draft. Who's going to tell Steve because it's not going to be me?"

Harbaugh. - "Well I'm not going to tell him.....you don't f**king pay me enough to tell him! Ozzie, you're the GM....you should tell him!"

Ozzie Newsome - "You're both are out of your G** d**n mind if you think I'm saying anything like that to Steve Smith! That MF'er don't play and mama Newsome didn't raise a fool."

Harbaugh. - "Can't you tell him to chill out a few weeks or take a little vacation until we figure this sh*t out? I already spend half my day ducking out on that crazy f**ker Suggs."

Ozzie - "I'll tell him to take a break for a few weeks but that's all I'm saying."

[mc52beast]

Sounds like when the dude gets told " I'm really not ready for a long term relationship, can we just be friends."

[KendrickPanther]

This sounds like a lot of interpretation to me. I'm curious what they said to Ray Lewis towards the end of his career. 

 

Steve just had a big year but he's getting older and older. They can't play him that much next year and they know it. The problem is when Steve gets to camp he will probably still be their best receiver. Torrey Smith has speed but he's soft (and a free agent). Steve Smith wore down in the regular season but he was back big time in the playoffs. 

 

Harbaugh was hugging him and telling him how much he loved him 2 weeks ago so to me it sounds like some bitter fans grasping at straws.

[Jangler]

It is now offseason for the Panthers, which typically means the main forum becomes the NFL in general forum.

 

 

#everyfugingyear

[Panthers Fanatic]

I loved Smitty when he was here. I still have all three 89 jerseys in the closet. But I never really understood why we couldn't develop a WR to go with him (Moose was already here prior to 89), and I always blamed the Panthers for that. In retrospect, much of that was Smitty not allowing someone else to come in and share a role that he thought was solely his own (one year with Keyshawn was the closest to a 1/2 WR combo). Then I watched the Drew Carter interview when 89 was cut, and his words and demeanor said a lot (posted in another forum).

Fast forward to the Ravens situation where Smitty balls out 1 year for a 1,000 yard season (thanks to added motivation provided by the Panthers: he would not have done so if he stayed here in Carolina), Torrey Smith's numbers/role regresses, he fights/argues/bullies players in training camp and Jermaine Wiggins of all people, and the countless other 'locker room' situations we aren't privy to.

I think the Ravens see the writing on the wall and it makes me understand that we truly now have a legit GM in Gettleman who will make the right decisions for this team that we, as fans, can't or refuse to see at the time. Gettlemagic is real!

[run1stdownrun2nddown]

I loved Smitty when he was here. I still have all three 89 jerseys in the closet. But I never really understood why we couldn't develop a WR to go with him (Moose was already here prior to 89), and I always blamed the Panthers for that. In retrospect, much of that was Smitty not allowing someone else to come in and share a role that he thought was solely his own (one year with Keyshawn was the closest to a 1/2 WR combo). Then I watched the Drew Carter interview when 89 was cut, and his words and demeanor said a lot (posted in another forum).

Fast forward to the Ravens situation where Smitty balls out 1 year for a 1,000 yard season (thanks to added motivation provided by the Panthers: he would not have done so if he stayed here in Carolina), Torrey Smith's numbers/role regresses, he fights/argues/bullies players in training camp and Jermaine Wiggins of all people, and the countless other 'locker room' situations we aren't privy to.

I think the Ravens see the writing on the wall and it makes me understand that we truly now have a legit GM in Gettleman who will make the right decisions for this team that we, as fans, can't or refuse to see at the time. Gettlemagic is real!

 

Yup, just like you kept seeing people here saying "But just think how awesome our WR corps would be with KB and Smitty!1!1!11!!"

 

Yea, we could 1) Stunt KB's future growth, 2) never give Philly a chance to shine, and 3) Not have the cap savings this year and moving forward. Really awesome, yup.

[fjblair]

I wouldn't read much into it

 

The obvious answer but let's get 15+ pages out of this...

[fjblair]

Yup, just like you kept seeing people here saying "But just think how awesome our WR corps would be with KB and Smitty!1!1!11!!"

 

Yea, we could 1) Stunt KB's future growth, 2) never give Philly a chance to shine, and 3) Not have the cap savings this year and moving forward. Really awesome, yup.

 

...or 4) make up some poo

 

 

Maybe cutting SS was the right move, I don't know but this kind of speculative camel dung and the demonizing of SS makes me want to puke. Maybe he would have put up 1,500 yards and retired if he were a Panther.

[Jon Snow]

Is this the 12 Step Steve Smith Recovery meeting room?

[g5jamz]

Are people going to freak when Deangelo is released? 

[MHS831]

Wasn't it Bill Cowher who said that you can tolerate a player until his production level falls below the level you are willing to tolerate stupid behavior (or something close). 

[Happy Panther]

Are people going to freak when Deangelo is released? 

Nah