Steve Smith Mic'd Up... Really Interesting Hearing Steve

[CharlotteBeer.com]

A lot of truth said in jest.

So true. That video speaks volumes about not who those guys are as athletes, but as men. I'm sure it took a lot of strength for Smitty to console everyone like that, especially the guy who couldn't get him the ball and was most responsible for the loss.

Likewise, it took a lot of strength for Jake to apologize to Smith like that. He didn't make any excuses.

We talk a lot about how this organization is big on character, and that's never more apparent than in this video. These are guys I can stand behind, even when they're hanging their heads in shame after a humiliating loss. I'm not proud of the team's performance last Sunday, but I'm very proud of who they are as people and how they react to adversity.

Can you imagine if, instead of Steve out there, it was Ochocinco or T.O.?

[AKPantherFan]

This video is going to be a great start to our pre-Super Bowl "how did they get here" video.

[Jase]

Now I know why all those balls thrown right at smitty were intercepted.

Where's smitty's passion? Where's the fire?

We can't have somebody screwing around making our quarterback look bad. Jake has hall of fame talent and smitty's only holding him back. Bench him! Start Jarrett!

[Mr ocho nueve]

Now I know why all those balls thrown right at smitty were intercepted.

Where's smitty's passion? Where's the fire?

We can't have somebody screwing around making our quarterback look bad. Jake has hall of fame talent and smitty's only holding him back. Bench him! Start Jarrett!

Haha this made me laugh. but seriously, last year when steve was out the first two games jake played a whole lot better because i think that he feels pressure that he HAS to throw to smith. thats just what i think though

[Argus Plexus]

Steve Smith is my hero. Livin' the dream, when everyone told him he wouldn't.

He's a really nice guy, from the sound of it.

[robtrox0]

Haha this made me laugh. but seriously, last year when steve was out the first two games jake played a whole lot better because i think that he feels pressure that he HAS to throw to smith. thats just what i think though

I believe most of us thought the same too at the time.. when smith came back it went back to the same ol lock on smitty damn everybody else if theyre open mentality.

[chknwing]

lol @ steve smith telling jake he sucks at qb

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Now I know why all those balls thrown right at smitty were intercepted.

Where's smitty's passion? Where's the fire?

We can't have somebody screwing around making our quarterback look bad. Jake has hall of fame talent and smitty's only holding him back. Bench him! Start Jarrett!

I'm not going to name any names, but there was someone in the chatroom after Sunday's game saying we needed to trade Smith because he was constantly dropping balls and that we should get something out of him while we could.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Smitty is the man...

I posted a rumor about something I heard he'd said about Jake this week, but deleted it in fear of making things worse should any player read it...

As it turns out, it was likely said in jest, much in the way he said it to Jake's face, and that's a big relief to me...

We can still right the ship... All we need is for Jake to get his mojo back, and everyone to carry the attitude Smith has...

I believe in you, Panthers!

Also, lol at he and DeAngelo talking about "bombing" on each other so they could go inside to get away from what was happening...

[grateflday]

Great post, I never would have looked for that clip. Hearing Smitty on the mic was great. I cant believe how he was not "focused". And like others have sad seeing that bomb to him intercepted was almost just as depressing on Sunday. When I saw Smitty running down the sideline I thought for sure that was going to be 7. That was the play that took the wind out of my sail.

On a side note I also watched the other video on the NFL site "WK 1 Playbook: Analyzing Delhomme" and watching that reminded me how bad the O-line and overall offense was at stopping the Eagle blitz. I mean the Eagles were on Jake a tone even before he finished dropping back. That doesnt excuse all the poor throws and bad decisions, etc but damn Jake had NO protection at all. The Panthers better get that fixed to even give Jake a chance, then Jake can help out by making better throws and decisions.

[Chaos]

Loved the clip. Smitty is a performer...I don't know if these guys are mic'ed up every game, but I got the feeling he was cracking jokes maybe because of the mic. Just speculation, but he typically seems so intense, and at the game Sunday I could see his frustration on the field. But maybe the guys in his "circle", his teammates, see a different Smitty.

And with all the Jake flaming, I can't help but think that if there was no Jake here, that could be the beginning of the end of the Steve Smith era in Carolina. Don't want to think about that though.

[PhillyB]

ahhh man that pumped me up... i can't wait for sunday. i have a shitload more respect for smitty after seeing that, and even for delhomme. two fantastic teammates. here's to 17 and 89 lighting it up against atlanta on sunday :cheers2:

[beastson]

Yea the end was kinda disheartening and made you look for brighter days at the same time especially when the score showed up

To Chaos, Steve was definitely upset when he walked to D.Will and D.Will reiterated and reversed Steve comment back onto him lol. He musta forgot about that comment and didn't think D.Will would say that lol

[St. Bernardus]

lol.... at 3 minutes does he tell Jake I don't like you as a QB just as a person?

Apparently he is a Matt Moore fan too. :out: