Mike Cranston (AP) interviews Steve Smith at Knights BP

[therealmjl]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-panthers-smith

I have a feeling #89 isn't going anywhere.

[bleys]

sounds like they had an in-depth discussion...

[TruCatzFan]

Best damn news I've heard in MONTHS!!

[tarheelpride]

When I read the title of the thread, I thought Smitty was interviewed at a BP gas station

[Hoenheim]

still nothing tangible on his decision though..damn this lockout!

[d-run]

I didn't get the impression he was staying form that interview at all. He won't say if he wants to stay or not, and he isn't going to the team workouts. He was very polite towards Cam and Rivera, but maybe he was actually just being polite. Not burning bridges

[Ivan The Awesome]

Maybe it's just me, but when I read this article. I didn't get the sense he is saying yes to staying..

[SorthNarolina]

away from the football field smith really handles himself well.

[therealmjl]

Nothing in this interview makes it seem like he is staying, but I just really think that when all the smoke settles Smith will be a Panther. At least, that's what I am hoping. I think the media has really blown it all out of proportion and there really is no reason for him to say whether or not he wants to stay at this point.

We'll see, though.

[Wither]

It sounds like he doesn't really know what he wants.

Or, he is trying to hide his real intentions, but that doesn't make much sense.

[4Corners]

away from the football field smith really handles himself well.

he is an asshole

[Jpjr]

he is an asshole

lol.

when it comes to smith hope is not a strategy. i blame him for being an abominable disaster as a leader last year, but not for wanting out of carolina.

[bleys]

lol.

when it comes to smith hope is not a strategy. i blame him for being an abominable disaster as a leader last year, but not for wanting out of carolina.

you do realize he was the only one ever on the sideline helping to pump up Clausen on the sideline..

he may not have ever been the perfect role model teammate over the years, but I'll be damned if he wasn't trying to be a great teammate last year.

[SOJA]

I'm getting motherfuging tired of this lockout