Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith continues to prove that he is not in danger of losing his edge at age 35. After getting into fights with two separate Atlanta Falcons players during Sunday’s win, the veteran was his usual animated self when speaking to reporters after the game.
Smith, who spent the first 13 years of his career with the Carolina Panthers, ripped the division he used to play in.
“I mean, football is a physical game. We play in the AFC North — a physical division,” he said when asked about the scrums he got into, per the Ravens official website. “That’s just football. [The] NFC South is a finesse division. The AFC North is a physical, downhill, blue-collar football [division].”
Teams like the Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals certainly have a reputation for playing more hard-nosed football than the Falcons, Panthers and New Orleans Saints. The NFC South also happens to be the worst division in football at the moment, so nobody is going to call Smith crazy for taking a shot at its teams.
Besides, Smith can say pretty much whatever he wants if he keeps playing the way he has been. He’s currently fifth in the NFL with 640 receiving yards and tied for 13th with 38 receptions. No one would have predicted that Smith would have the best season of his career with the Ravens, but he’s headed in that direction.
