Will Steve Smith be traded this week?

[jtm]

do u take pride in mentoring new employees at ur job? Thats what I thought. Its a paycheck.

Yes I do - it is part of being a team player. Also, Smith was the one saying before last season that he wanted the Panthers to draft a WR so he wouldn't have to be the #1 target any longer and he was excited about mentoring a young receiver.

I will give you that players don't have to mentor rookies, but the true leaders do. People here are pretty much agreeing with my point - Smith isn't a leader.

[pstall]

word on the street is he is visting the Inner Harbor and the Gas Light district. do the math

[Panthro]

To think we would get our 33rd pick for Steve Smith is laughable. I'd consider it stealing if we could get a 3rd rounder for him

<<<<only jersey is a Steve Smith jersey

[panthers55]

First of all my understanding was that Rivera was leaving it up to Smith so if any trades happen right away, it will be Smith's choice not Rivera's. Secondly, I doubt that a trading partner would be easy to find. Unless Smith is willing to renegotiate his contract which would have to be done before the trade is finalized, I doubt anyone is going to pay him 16 million over the next 2 years. Honestly we might be pressed to find a trade partner at all.

[Brokenbad]

Hopefully we get that 2nd rounder back that the Pats stole from our dumbasses

You are smoking pot if you think the Pats of all teams will give is a second rounder for Smitty.

You are smoking CRACK if you think they will give us the 33rd overall pick.

[Bj-Monster23]

I say he is worth a second at the most.

[The_Cannon]

Also, if my bosses expected me to train new hires and I didn't, pretty sure there would be no paycheck, and I'd be sh*tcanned. Moose took Smitty under, and now it's Smitty's turn. His attitude is a pure reflection of his egocentric nature that has been a major issue for the past several seasons. I say this as a huge Smith fan. He's probably been one of my 3 favorite all-time Panther players, but let's be real.

The thing is it's not expected. The only thing thats expected is that he learn the playbook, go to meetings, and preform on gameday. There's a head coach, and offensive coordinator, a wide receivers coach. Smith doesn't HAVE to show new players anything. Should he? I think he should, I think that mentoring and teaching full rounds out a player. But his worth to the team isn't diminished because he doesn't mentor.

[Mr. Scot]

Can't they do a trade for a 'player to be named later'

or just get the Pats to draft at #33 hopefully the player we wont, trading to us once deal can be done. a gentlemans agreement in other words.

Armanti Edwards for Steve Smith, brilliant job Hurney!

That's baseball.

And honestly, getting as high as even a third for Smith would be near miraculous.

[Clicheking]

No way we get a second or even a third for Smith. Welcome to reality people. We'd be better of keeping him, and let him pitch his little b.f, as long as he doesn't get to out of hand.

[Soul Rebel]

Yeah, I think a late third is the ceiling for a return on Smitty, and I'd say a 4th is more in line with an expectation. Shame to think, but at his age and salary, it's not looking good. As for whether or not it is his job to mentor younger players, nope, it's not in his job description, nor is he necessarily required to do it. I'm just saying that there are those that like to teach and lead, and there are those that are in it for themselves and that's enough for them. I don't think it Smith's worth to the team, but it does about who he is as a person and leader.

[Guest Setfree1012]

So was Favre wrong when he didn't take Rodgers under his wing....Absolutely not, it's at each players discretion I don't necessarily agree with NOT mentoring but it's his choice. Damn fellas we have coaches/positional coaches for a reason in the NFL and on this team.

So if Smith wasn't here who would you blame if the WR's didn't progress as quickly as you'd like...? Exactly the staff, plain and simple. The young WR's (this is an opinion) could just watch what Smith does and apply it to their training to improve, along with the coaching they receive. Point blank is Smith is paid to make plays, sell tickets, score TD's not; not mentor or develop our receiving talent. Just keep it 100% guys.

[Mattiekrome]

word on the street is he is visting the Inner Harbor and the Gas Light district. do the math

If there's any truth to Smitty being on his way out, please go to Baltimore

[CRA]

So was Favre wrong when he didn't take Rodgers under his wing....Absolutely not, it's at each players discretion I don't necessarily agree with NOT mentoring but it's his choice. Damn fellas we have coaches/positional coaches for a reason in the NFL and on this team.

So if Smith wasn't here who would you blame if the WR's didn't progress as quickly as you'd like...? Exactly the staff, plain and simple. The young WR's (this is an opinion) could just watch what Smith does and apply it to their training to improve, along with the coaching they receive. Point blank is Smith is paid to make plays, sell tickets, score TD's not; not mentor or develop our receiving talent. Just keep it 100% guys.

QB scenario is different. 1 QB on the field. 1 job.

The #2 and #3 WR are on the field and are part of your base offense working and being efficient. Them being good and developing should matter to the #1 WR.....as it impacts his job/duties and offense as a whole (team thing)

[jtm]

Pats will never pay Smith. Everyone needs to remember that Brady was being paid $6.5 million a year for 6 years. They just renegotiated his contract. You think they are going to pay Smith the $8 million he is due under his contract when they were paying Brady $6.5 a year until recently?