Steve Smith unloads on Panthers Gettleman Rivera
's continued unabated on Wednesday.Inside the NFL captured Smith telling former teammates to go back to Carolina and "" while you're there.Hours after Showtime ran that video, Smith unloaded on the organization in a combustible interview with WFNZ's Frank Garcia and Mark Yarbro in Charlotte.When general manager Dave Gettleman told Around The NFL in February
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Andre Iguodala Jersey the me sage that he was a "shadow" of his former self, "can't run and jump" like he once did and was "jealous of Cam (Newton)."Gettleman subsequently shopped his No. 1 receiver around the league, insisting "it's not about a pay cut." Smith insists he did not try to force a trade and could not stomach forfeiting his $5 million in guarantees in a potential salary slash.When the franchise icon was in March, Smith said he learned his fate via radio."He doesn't even have the cojones to tell it to my face," Smith continued. "Everybody else says that it wasn't personal, but if the first thing comes out of your mouth is it wasn't personal, well gue s what, it was personal."What bothered Smith most was being portrayed as a distraction and a bad teammate."But I didn't beat my wife," Smith said. "Yeah I hit some teammates six or
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