He’s already hinted Oakland wouldn’t be a great spot for him? Who’s gonna throw him the ball and more importantly, would fill-in-the-blank schmuck QB get him the ball enough to make him happy?

Coming off no 1st round pick and a mediocre draft, losing their best defensive player(Asamugha) and having a very unstable QB situation?
Yeah, sounds like an ideal scneario for Smith.
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The QB situation is stable now that Cable is gone. Campbell isn’t great, but Smith could wear boxing gloves and and run routes backwards and still be Oakland’s best wide receiver. The Raiders have some decent skill players inside, and Davis likes to write large checks to old receivers. It might not be an ideal scenario, but for Smith it’s worth considering.

I believe what you say is true, none of these people watched the games. They were close in a bunch of games. I really think cam newton is gonna suptise some people if he works hard.

Stay Steve. We can be close sooner that these bums think.

@catman – “…a good team”? Really? As a Bronco fan, the only consolation we could take was that we weren’t’ the worst team in the league…Carolina was.
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That’s pretty funny considering the fact that your broncos went 4-12 and now have the coach that ruined the panthers. Good luck with that.

Smith will look GREAT in Silver & Black, plus his family will love him returning to his home state to play…..

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Yeah, and knowing Al Davis he’ll make him the highest paid receiver in NFL history in the process. LOL

And you know what all you non Carolina fans don’t realize? That Carolina won’t be THAT bad this year. I’m not about to come out and say they’re going to win the division, but the talent on the roster is definitely better than 2-14.

Last year they were ravaged with injuries, with something like 12 starters ending the year on the DL. They had 5 different guys throw the ball. They had a lame duck as a head coach, and just TRY to tell me that that doesn’t affect a team’s mentality when your own coach doesn’t give a crap.

This new coaching staff, I can already tell, is WORLDS better. They seem prepared to take this roster and run with it, and bring an aggression to Carolina we haven’t seen in the last few years of Fox’s tenure.

Their defense is solid and just got much better through the DL. The only reason they weren’t ranked higher is because they had to play with an offense that kept them out on the field nearly the entire game. You get worn down playing like that. But look at this: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef
not too shabby.

They have one of the best running back tandems in the league to help take pressure off Cam, and an OL with several Pro Bowler talents, when healthy. Yes, WR is a weak spot, but they are so young at the position and showed a lot of potential considering the suckfest at QB last year.

So yes, catman72 is right. This very easily could be a good team, but I perfectly understand why a lot of you wouldn’t know that.

If Steve Smith ends up with the Chargers, I think it is a fairly safe bet that Vincent Jackson will be on another team.

The Chargers are not a cheap team. They play in an old multi-sport stadium which most likely does not generate the type of revenues that the new NFL stadiums with luxury boxes and seat licenses bring in.

In most situations involving multi-sport stadiums, there are some terrible sight lines for viewing football games.

People who say he’s done haven’t watched any Panther games. So if you could stop commenting on the matter that would be great. Thanks.

If not S. Smith, Ocho Cinco will be in Silver & Black before the season starts..

He know’s the Chargers don’t take Care of thier players.. Just ask V. Jackson so that’s not a place for Steves style… The Chargers know that, but they still don’t want Steve to go too the Raiders..

Not after seeing them get sweep w/all those players named above.

Whatever Al Want’s, Al get’s.. Just ask the Bengals when we stole Warren Sapp from them in 24hrs… lol GO RAIDERS!!!!!

Coming off no 1st round pick and a mediocre draft, losing their best defensive player(Asamugha) and having a very unstable QB situation?
Yeah, sounds like an ideal scneario for Smith.

Talk about a HOMER! Carolina was in no way shape or form a good team, injuries or not. No QB on the roster. 1 WR on the roster. No pass-catching threat TE on the roster. Horrific game-planning, play-calling and coaching. Mediocre D. Mediocre O-Line. Ok, which part of that spells “good team” exactly? John Fox did more to sink that franchise than just about anyone short of Matt Millen in Detroit. Smith will have his moments no matter where he goes, but watching the drops last year indicate he’s no longer elite. However, there’s enough there to help just about any team NOT named the Carolina Panthers.

More needy teams in contention are the Pats, Colts, Bears, and maybe even Ravens or Jets.

GO RAIDERS!!

You would move yourself, you wont be cut maybe traded, you could stay, and you are already locked out.

one outta four aint bad for a pro athlete. like fulton from the mighty ducks, or was the 1 outta 5…

Last year, Carolina was a good team with a few key injuries and no QB. If Cam can play and we can stay healthy, Carolina will be dangerous.