Cam Newton & Steve Smith Sr. break the silence after 10 years

[PantherFanInPhilly]

I'm sure this won't post right since I can never seem to get youtube videos to work, but here's the link:

 

 

[PantherFanInPhilly]

Well hell, looks like it worked after all. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

That's some pretty deep personal poo shared openly. It's very rare that men actually talk about what's going on inside. A lot of that resonates very loudly and clearly. 

[PantherFanInPhilly]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

That's some pretty deep personal poo shared openly. It's very rare that men actually talk about what's going on inside. A lot of that resonates very loudly and clearly. 

I only got to listen to the first 5 minutes or so but about to put it on on the ride home. Have to admit, Smitty ain't my favorite person these days but I'm interested to hear them hash out their ish. Pretty wild they hadn't spoken to each other in a decade. 

[Donald LaFell]

That was 25 minutes of nothing and seems like a BetterHelp ad more than anything. 

[dep]

Great talk

 

[Basbear]

[RJK]

So goofy. Too damn old 

[MechaZain]

18 hours ago, Donald LaFell said:

That was 25 minutes of nothing and seems like a BetterHelp ad more than anything. 

Literally saw it running as an ad on Tiktok the other day and didn't realize there was a full video

Edited 9 hours ago by MechaZain

[SmokinwithWilly]

The one thing I did pick up on was Smitty wanted out the day Cam was drafted. He requested a trade. Sound like 3 years later, the situation was the same. So at the end of the day, while everyone thinks Gman did him wrong, and the way he was released may have been,  he may have also been doing exactly what Smitty asking for.  

[TheSpecialJuan]

On 2/12/2026 at 11:53 AM, PantherFanInPhilly said:

I'm sure this won't post right since I can never seem to get youtube videos to work, but here's the link:

 

 

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[frankw]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

The one thing I did pick up on was Smitty wanted out the day Cam was drafted. He requested a trade. Sound like 3 years later, the situation was the same. So at the end of the day, while everyone thinks Gman did him wrong, and the way he was released may have been,  he may have also been doing exactly what Smitty asking for.  

If that's how it went down then I've lost what relatively minimal semblance of respect I had for him as a highly notable player in franchise history.

Because that whole situation is what led to him being so outrageously abrasive toward the team and specifically led to the "blood and guts" game in which he went out of his way above and beyond to portray himself as someone who was discarded like trash in the street in a callous manner by the team that drafted him while gleefully embarrassing us. When in reality it was he who wanted out from the jump in the midst of us drafting two of the greatest players in franchise history in consecutive years in Newton and Kuechly. We probably win the Super Bowl if he had kept his head together. I can't look at the guy the same anymore if this is true. Unconscionable selfishness. Stay a Raven.

Edited 4 hours ago by frankw

[frankw]

Cam seems to be eager to put the onus moreso on himself and that speaks to his personal growth as a man. He even mentions that maybe he was too hyperfocused on wins and losses which is crazy to consider when you account for the fact that our culture was so pitiful when he arrived and 89 is supposed to be considered the ultimate competitor. While Steve leans on his unspecified trauma as his reasoning for how he was toward a rookie QB and other people in general which makes no sense whatsoever considering this is the guy who physically attacked his own teammates in his younger years.

The only positive if you could consider it so that I'm getting from Steve Smith in this convo is the fact that he is actually willing to speak about it with Cam. But he does not seem to want to recognize what he threw away at that time and the cost to both himself and the franchise.

Edited 4 hours ago by frankw

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

2 hours ago, frankw said:

Cam seems to be eager to put the onus moreso on himself and that speaks to his personal growth as a man. He even mentions that maybe he was too hyperfocused on wins and losses which is crazy to consider when you account for the fact that our culture was so pitiful when he arrived and 89 is supposed to be considered the ultimate competitor. While Steve leans on his unspecified trauma as his reasoning for how he was toward a rookie QB and other people in general which makes no sense whatsoever considering this is the guy who physically attacked his own teammates in his younger years.

The only positive if you could consider it so that I'm getting from Steve Smith in this convo is the fact that he is actually willing to speak about it with Cam. But he does not seem to want to recognize what he threw away at that time and the cost to both himself and the franchise.

I still hear casual fans in NC say that the Panthers did Smitty wrong. No, he wanted out and poo on the new kid’s (Cam)  need to lead the team going forward