Steve Smith Fumbled His Analysis of Jimmy Clausen's Apology to Teammate

by Ray Glier

Filed under: Panthers, NFC South

If you remember, Steve Smith was the one who crashed into the pile of Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the goal line after the Bucs tried to rough up Carolina rookie quarterback Jimmy Clausen. That was a lesson on how you stick up for a teammate.

Smith, the Panthers' ace wide receiver, then provided the wrong lesson on how you treat your teammate.

Following last Sunday's loss to the Falcons, which dropped the Panthers to 1-12, Clausen apologized to veteran linebacker Jon Beason.

Smith didn't like it.

"I'm the last guy to tell anybody to be apologizing," Smith said. "But if you're going to apologize, you should apologize to people that's in the huddle with you. But he has a lot to learn. He ain't at Notre Dame anymore, that's for sure."

How does that make Clausen a better quarterback? Maybe it gets him thinking, I'm not sure.

 

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