Panthers attempting to trade Steve Smith.

[Gin and Juice]

He gotta be retiring and he is being sent off in a way that reflects his career.....surrounded by chaos!

[usmcpanthers]

I know gman is trying to save money, but wtf. Their is no way we can replace smitty in one offseason. I wanted Smith to go out on his own terms, not forced out.

[Gin and Juice]

This makes me think we like our chances with a certain free agent or free agents. I know we can get help in the draft but you don't make a move like this hoping to get a guy in the draft.

But cutting him makes our chances worse!

[pantherphan96]

Not to nitpick because you are right-on with your evaluation of Hardy everywhere except the playoff comment. Hardy had 6 tackles and 2 QB hits vs the 9ers. Hardly a phantom effort.

 

You are right about both, but the 6 tackles stat is a little skewed since 5 of them were really assists. His performance seemed so lackluster to me because the previous 2 weeks he had a ridiculous 7 sacks and so many QB Hits/pressures.

[TheNewStandard]

Sportscenter just reported Smitty reported "team store stopped selling his jersey online"

As to why they stopped selling, Smitty replied...

"Your guess is as good as mine."

Big News coming soon I think.

Just in case this got missed...I know the store taking his jerseys out was reported, but hadn't seen Smiths reaction til I watched it on SC

[Password is Taco]

marvin mcnutt 2014 pro bowler

[Ken]

THe team said we stopped selling his jersey in order to add Sr. to the end.

[AceBoogie]

We are the Carolina Panthers smh

[AceBoogie]

THe team said we stopped selling his jersey in order to add Sr. to the end.

Good point

[TheNewStandard]

Their must be some serious beef going on between Smitty camp and the FO.

I mean, who likes their boss anyway? But dang, this has got to be some bad drama going on.

[PantherWake]

You guys needa chill lol

[pantherphan96]

To be honest, I could not imagine them cutting Smith either. I figured Gettleman's comments were a way to usher in this new era of "don't expect to stay just because the fans love you etc etc" and "you are gonna have to earn your keep here." To me, I still doubt they cut him outright just because financially it does not help the team that much. Personally I would rather not have the 2 million in cap room that we would get from cutting Smith, and would rather have a leader who could still get 500 yards and 2-5 TD's. I do not know if Gettleman's comments equate to cutting ties with Smith, or if any bridges have been burned as of now. My hope, as I said before, is that this is Gettleman's way of forcing Smith's hand, in the hope of having him restructure or retire.

[SgtJoo]

I'm smfh at some of the poo posting going on in this thread right now...

[TheNewStandard]

THe team said we stopped selling his jersey in order to add Sr. to the end.

Then why did Smitty tweet to SC that he didn't know why they took it down?

This is too much messing with my emotions. I feel like I'm back in middle school all of a sudden.