Former Carolina Panthers star, Steve Smith Sr., came to the defense of his former teammates on Tuesday after Cam Newton described players as “losers” before the arrival of the quarter.
The Panthers selected Smith in the third round of the 2001 draft. Ten years later, the Panthers found their quarter-derrière de Newton with the overall choice n ° 1. Carolina had gone to the playoffs three times, especially in Making an appearance of the Super Bowl, before Newton’s selection.
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Steve Smith of Carolina Panthers, # 89, and Cam Newton, # 1, share a laugh during the first half of a NFL pre-season football match against Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, August 29, 2013 in Charlotte , in North Carolina. (AP photo / Mike McCarn, file)
Carolina was 2-14 years old in 2010, which won the team the overall choice n ° 1. Newton entered and finally helped improve the team for the winners of the division. They did the Super Bowl 50 – Only to lose against Denver Broncos. Smith left the team after the 2013 season.
Newton’s “losers” remark from Newton came during an interview with Podcast “in overtime” when asked what type of pressures the winner of the Heisman trophy, Travis Hunter, could be confronted with the seizure of the League.
“You could potentially be the first choice, but, brother, you have no means of impact on the game as a quarter does it,” said Newton. “You can lock the receiver n ° 1. You can make impact games on the attack on whatever you want, but it is still not like a quarter. My problem is that when I Was the first choice, I went to a loser locker room.
“The guys did not know how to win; the guys did not know how to prepare. They did not take themselves seriously to realize that we were 2-14. There were a lot of 2-14 in the mentality of these guys. “”
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Steve Smith of Carolina Panthers, # 89, and Cam Newton, # 1, celebrate Smith’s touch against the Oakland Raiders in the first half of an NFL football match in Charlotte, in North Carolina, Sunday 23 December 2012. (AP photo / Mike McCarn, file)
The remark was not suitable for Smith.
“53 men from the locker room-1 = 52 losers. Wow … News from 89”, he wrote in a first post on X.
“I looked and listened from afar that you @cameronnewton talk about @Panthers! None of us are perfect. Yes, we were 2-14 before blessing in your presence. The way you talked about @Panthers In recent times.
A fan pointed out that Smith had criticized the panthers in the past.
“I have never fallen from my words,” he said in response. “However, calling men in the losers of the locker room is not a slander is disrespectful! I didn’t like many things that happened with my time there. But calling the losing men Naw.”
The dispute in the past is far from what the organization Panthers needs to hear its older elders.
Carolina has not had a winning season since 2017. It was also the last time they made the playoffs. Since then, the team has had five head coaches with three temporary head coaches.
The quarter of the Panthers of Caroline Cam Newton, n ° 1, on the touch in the second quarter against the Holy Orleans at the Superdome Caesars in New Orleans on January 2, 2022. (Chuck Cook-USA today Sports)
Panthers were 5-12 in 2024, an improvement compared to their 2-15 season in 2023.
