Smitty all but locked up a HOF vote today..

[bLACKpANTHER]

He backed up his words and gave the media a great story leading up to the game- delivered tremendously on gameday- and stayed classy while doing it. Now the media has a great write up for Monday and the rest of the year or 2 to pad his numbers and possibly make another deep playoff run.

 

I think he all but sealed the deal today.. now its just a matter of time.

Congrats Smitty!!!

[carolina-chuck]

If Reggie Wayne is going to make it, STEVE FUGGN 89 SMITH better make it!!!!

[Jase]

With this game? Not likely

[Sam Mills Fan]

"Classy"

 

Hahahahahaha

[Gladniator]

And a Ravens jersey to retire in!  Or at least I hope so...

 

Either way, he's pissed off a significant percentage of the fan base so *if* he ever does retire as a Panther many won't be celebrating and many will be downright disgusted.  

 

Enjoy the Ravens Smitty!

[TheRumGone]

is there really a "congrats smitty" in the OP?

 

 

[CRA]

89 didn't have a HOF resume before today. All those same issues still exist.

Still a HOF talent though. Resume is all yardage though.....in a world where there where be tons of it. His career overlapping into the pass era hurts most

[LinvilleGorge]

And a Ravens jersey to retire in! Or at least I hope so...

Either way, he's pissed off a significant percentage of the fan base so *if* he ever does retire as a Panther many won't be celebrating and many will be downright disgusted.

Enjoy the Ravens Smitty!

Time heals all wounds. The Packers look ready to welcome Favre back into the fold. When Smitty signs his one day contract and rightfully retires a Panther all wI'll be forgiven. Panther GOAT.

[Kakarot]

Nah.

Needs more yards, and needs a ring. 

[Jmac]

You and about ten other obsessed fans on here are doing all the clapping. The "cult of personality" for some with this guy is absurd. Worry about this football team imploding and not one big mouth.

[Gladniator]

Time heals all wounds. The Packers look ready to welcome Favre back into the fold. When Smitty signs his one day contract and rightfully retires a Panther all wI'll be forgiven. Panther GOAT.

 

Not by me.  And not by a goodly percentage of others Panther fans.  Admittedly many will, but many more will not.  You can't trash your team like he did and expect a 'prodigal son' return.  He ain't family.  He's an immature braggart who complained and criticized his teammates for years while taking in a salary that would make most anyone else on this planet thank God.  Instead, he acts like a fugtard and then talks about Sunday School the next day.  What a charlatan...

[LinvilleGorge]

Not by me. And not by a goodly percentage of others Panther fans. Admittedly many will, but many more will not. You can't trash your team like he did and expect a 'prodigal son' return. He ain't family. He's an immature braggart who complained and criticized his teammates for years while taking in a salary that would make most anyone else on this planet thank God. Instead, he acts like a fugtard and then talks about Sunday School the next day. What a charlatan...

He got thrown out like last week's garbage by a new GM. I'd be mad too. To be fair, he's had a lot of good things to say about the Panthers as an organization.

Don't be mad at Smitty because he pulled himself up by the bootstraps and excelling elsewhere at 35 years old. He's the best player we've ever had.

It's weird how so many Panthers fans are so mad at Steve Smith. There will be nearly universal adoration for Smitty when he retires here. Some of y'all just mad.

[Manos]

Nah.

Needs more yards, and needs a ring.

Yards aren't the issue it is his lack of touchdowns. Now if he plays the rest of the season like he's started he will be much closer to the hall. However it still wont make him a lock; the only thing that would do that would be a Superbowl MVP and a second triple crown. He finds a way to pull that off and he'd first ballot just off the swagger of that alone.

[Gladniator]

No, there won't be "universal admiration".  I won't be.  If he'd been a class act after the move, then by all means yes, but all of his years of gloating, hitting teammates and being a locker room cancer were overlooked by me because he wore a Panther uni.  

 

He's not wearing one now.  He showed he has NO loyalty to the Panther fans (he owes none to the organization) so he shouldn't expect any loyalty from us.  Sure as hell ain't getting it from me.  You trash talk my team ONCE and you're in my doghouse.  Don't give a d.a.m.n. what you did before...