Panthers WR Smith regrets flag football injury

[Blake]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An apologetic but defiant Steve Smith expressed regret Thursday for breaking his left forearm playing flag football, while also taking shots at critics who questioned the Carolina Panthers receiver's judgment.

Smith called into Charlotte radio station WFNZ-AM, acknowledging he had been a regular participant in an adult flag football league at a Charlotte YMCA. He was injured Sunday when he slipped and used his left arm to brace his fall. Smith broke the same arm, but in a different spot, at the end of last season.

"Obviously, I put my team and myself in a bad situation by playing," Smith said. "But that wasn't my intention and wasn't what I thought the outcome was going to be."

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what a dumbass

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Not a Steve Smith fan nor hater, but it's a freak accident at a run of the mill camp that NFL players engage in all the time.

[stretch]

thats such a freak injury. how the hell does someone break an arm playing flag football?

sucks for him and the Panthers.

[Greg Oden]

thats such a freak injury. how the hell does someone break an arm playing flag football?

sucks for him and the Panthers.

lol panther fan


lmao raiders

lmao al davis' corpse

[Blake]

Not a Steve Smith fan nor hater, but it's a freak accident at a run of the mill camp that NFL players engage in all the time.

It was a YMCA flag football league.

He's a dumbass.

[NewJerSpur]

Lance Berkman messed his leg up playing in a charity flag football game some years ago. It's a risk you take when you make that decision.