Should Carolina Retire Steve Smith's Jersey

[Cpt slay a ho]

No brainer, any objections are asinine 

[JawnyBlaze]

Yea without a doubt. 

[Inimicus]

FUCk yes

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/09000d5d8154848f/WK-16-Can-t-Miss-Play-Steve-Smith-slams-in-for-the-score

Thats a dude getting his arm broken and bringing home the TD

 

[Inimicus]

and 11 ppl at this point don't know what greatness is

[Inimicus]

Steve's passion and drive, even when we were on the wrong end of it, were all you needed to know about Agent 89.

 

Dude is the ultimate baller.

[CmC2k]

It pretty much has been but it should be made official.

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[45catfan]

Yes and there's a logical answer besides him being the best WR in our franchise's history.  WR's today wear numbers in the teens (which completely chaps my a$$) and obviously we will never roster 9 TEs, so there will be plenty of available numbers in the 80s for future TEs to choose from if #89 is retired.

[CmC2k]

2 hours ago, joeyxfresco said:

Only 5 jerseys that deserve to be retired by Carolina up until now 

51

89

90

59

1

58?

[jasonluckydog]

Why are we still talking about this it should be done immediately. 

[joeyxfresco]

39 minutes ago, CmC2k said:

58?

He’s on the teeter of it and a casualty of being too lenient with it. 51 gave us keep pounding, 89 was our best WR of all time, 90 put us on the map and is a future first ballot hall of famer, 59 might be the best defensive player of all time for the franchise and 1 is our only league MVP and made us look better than what we were for 9 years. 58 is a fighter and key part of the franchise and has a spot in the ring of honor but I can’t see us retiring his number and then opening the conversation for guys like Gross, Mushin, Gamble, Khalil, Olsen, etc 

[ChrisSimmsspleen]

This is a dumb question because if they were going to give out the number again it would have already happened.  It’s not just a coincidence.  

[jfra78]

If anyone ever decides to use 89, they better be the greatest reciever in the history of the sport.  If not Smitty will dog them, this is why no one has chosen the number in Carolina.

[Car123]

It’s pretty much retired. We need to make it official.

[Squirrel]

8 hours ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

No brainer, any objections are asinine 

Let me preface by saying I think Smitty was a great player and will be in the HOF.

 

But the question I have is what does a retired Jersey represent as a Panther.  If it is a great player, team mate and person you want representing the values of the team then Smitty shouldn't have his Jersey retired.  

 

If it is just for his heart fire and playing of the game then yes.  But can you look over his actions with teammates?