Except for a few years,Steve has had to fight for everything he has got. Unlike other receivers in the league,who have been blessed with owners willing to do whatever it takes to win. I would really like to see Steve go somewhere that would give him a shot at a couple super bowls. We all know that won’t happen in Carolina,at least not in the near future.

I love Steve,the way he never gives up and plays 60 minutes regardless of the score. He deserves more than what Carolina can offer him.

Just try to have a conversation with him. But hey, Smith is Smith and that is why he is so damned good. He eats rookies for breakfast and pees out hurt feelings in the locker room. Make no mistake, Smith had Clausen for lunch two weeks in a row and he is not done yet.

At this point in Steve’s career (contrary to popular belief) he likes to be called Steve…Smitty is a name Jake hung on him and he went with it out of respect for the Cajun and for a while…but his name is Steve and if you get to know him and he will let know, really fast, to call me Steve or “eight-nine” not Smitty) Steve Smith is no position to be breaking in rookie qb’s. Clausen’s ego nor his left eye socket will allow him to be verbally assaulted by Smith for two seasons and walk away with a soul or his vision.

Don’t get me wrong…Smith knows who he is and guess what? He knows it and is fine with it. Actually…that is what makes Smith…Smith. His “chip” on his 5’8 shoulder has made him very good and it is what drives him. Smith could give a damn who he plays for (he will tell you as much)…ask him about being traded and if he would mind it. His answer would sound like this, “I just play ball and run routes…I run the best routes that I can run and I will run them anywhere “THEY” tell me to go run them”….(They, being the hand that writes the check)…

Give the man a qb who can throw. Clausen is all about mitigating mistakes and new soon-to-be Panthers 2011 head coddler, Brian Schottenheimer, is all about nursing rookie qbs until they can quickly read defenses and then toss hot routes. So, Schotty have little use for Smith and Smith will then be gone. But Smith deserves a team where he can have a qb and a solid wide receiver next to him and a place where he can get ring.

Guess what at 31 Smith needs a superbowl, 3, maybe 4 probowls, 300-400 catches plus 5,000 yards of catches and he will enter the hall of fame someday. If he cannot get that in Carolina he needs to go, Smith knows this and eh wants it…

PS, have you ever thought his agent may have thought of this before as well?