Audio: Steve Smith calls out Jenkins on Irvin

[28 Joker]

"Terence Newman, I respect him, always have, always will. He's a great player. He doesn't do anything or try to be more than what he is, and that is what, in my personal opinion, makes him a consistent, great DB. If he's going to play cover 2 or 6, with safety over the top, he plays it aggressive, smart. When he's going to play man to man, he plays it safe, aggressive, or smart. He understands the system he's in that week, and he plays it very well. Playing players like that makes me grow... O.K. what do I need to do? That is the enjoyment part of playing big competition".

Steve Smith WR Carolina Panthers

To all the Terence Newman critics:

In your face!

 

[Hoofbite]

So says Steve Smith. And really, who cares? I swear to god, some of you guys gripe just to gripe. Steve Smith is a punk and thug[. To give that guy any benefit of the doubt is the acme of stupidity.

BTW, NFL corners are brash and they talk trash. That is part of their DNA. You might not like it, but that's the way they are.

Gripe just to gripe?

How does saying I don't have a problem with what Smith said qualify as "griping"?

 

[stilltheguru]

I love Mike Jenkins even more now. We need more trash talkers on this team. Just don't get Deanglo Hall with it and do it too much.

 

[Vintage]

Smith was curiously absent the entire game.

Moreover, the final score was 21-7, and Smith didn't score the 7.

Jenkins, Scandrick, & Newman 1, Smith 0.

Better stat....

Jenkins, 2-0 as starter.

Scandrick... 0-1.

 

[masomenos]

So?

Are you a cowboys fan talking this crap? What did you want Jenkins to do? He came up on the tackle after Smith escaped a Tnew tackle and aggressive tackled Smith. Smith then responded by talking crap to him and Mike talked back. Was he supposed to cower and walk away with his tail behind his leg?

I'll be scared ****less trying to cover any WR and ball player but if you put me on the field against Rice or Jordan, I wouldn't back down and if they talked I'll talk back.

Why would you be on the field with Jordan?

 

[21Savage]

Why would you be on the field with Jordan?

I said if? Don't you have a better response? Can you explain to me why our 2nd year RCB starter should walk a way with his tail under his butt if he gets talked trash to after make a tackle?

 

[TellerMorrow34]

he's just mad cause Jenkins was talking trash. I like corners who talk trash. My 2 favorite corners Deion Sanders and Kevin Smith couldn't stop talking trash.

I agree with you there Ramp. I think that most of the better corners out there talk a load of trash. Obviously not all of them do but I think the vast majority of them that are great talk a lot. I don't mind that at certainly positions (WR and CB) and actually expect it from guys in those positions.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

And I couldn't help but laugh at what Steve said about it. It doesn't bother me and I got a chuckle out of it.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I like Steve Smith...and he made a couple good points.

I liked that interview. I'm not sure I have ever heard him interviewed before.

He was real, and honest. I have always respected his play, and now I respect him.

 

[HanD]

What ish could you possibly talk back about to Rice or Jordan? Considering how bad they would school you, you would sound/look absolutely rediculous talking trash back.

Same thing for any player. You look stupid if you talk trash and can't back it up. Now I am not saying this is the case with Jenkins cause I don't know what was said, and as was mentioned above, Smith didn't exactly have a good game. But if your going to talk smack you better be able to back it up with your play on the field.

we need more players that don't care about hurting other player's feelings and don't back down. i like jenkins more for this...

curious if you ever read the story about kevin smith and jerry rice and how kevin smith was talking so much trash that even charles haley had to ask him to tone it down and kevin smith responded by basically telling haley to ****.

http://jeffpearlman.com/?page_id=74


From Boys Will Be Boys: Beneath a pewter late-afternoon sky (but no raindrops), the two teams took the field for warm-ups with unusual intensity and emotion. While the 49ers tended to be significantly more low-keyed than Dallas, San Francisco’s players were screaming, pointing, jumping up and down, barking like starved dogs. The team’s star running back, Ricky Watters, jogged toward the Cowboys and began taunting—“Y’all are nothing! Y’all gonna get your ***** kicked!” Kevin Smith heard enough. Upon spotting Rice, he laughed aloud and screamed, “Gonna be a long day for you, mother****er!” The receiver did a double-take. He was Jerry Rice, ******. Who the hell was Biff Smith? Or was it Pete Smith? “Jimmy used to say that cockiness borders on confidence, because if you’re unwilling to take chances you won’t get to where you want to go,” says Jim Jeffcoat. “He wanted players who believed they could beat anyone in the league on any given day. That was Pup.”
Technically, Smith wasn’t up to the challenge. Rice had one of his better statistical games of the season, catching eight passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. But in a sport of emotion and heart and physicality, numbers have limited reach. Beginning with the 49ers’ first offensive series, Smith was in Rice’s face and head, talking nonstop trash, kicking him in the calves, elbowing his ribs, knocking his shoulder pads. “All that **** I saw on TV is bull****!” Smith yelled. “If you’re the best in the league, I’m gonna have a looooong damn career.” This was Rice’s eighth year in the NFL, and no cornerback—not Darrell Green, not Mike Haynes, not Rod Woodson, not Deron Cherry—had treated him with such disrespect. Though the press had spent much of the week hyping Charles Haley’s revenge against his old franchise, it was the rookie defensive back who provided the jolt. After one too many “mother****ers,” Haley pulled Smith aside and said, “Man, that’s Jerry Rice. You can’t talk to him like that.”
“**** you!” Smith yelled. “Who the **** are you playing with? You might as well go put on your little gold helmet, you little ****ing *****!”

 

[irishline]

Why would you be on the field with Jordan?

Maybe he meant Charles Jordan? I mean the man did have 27 catches for 471 yards and a few touchdown playing for Miami in 1997. :

 

[Boyzmamacita]

we need more players that don't care about hurting other player's feelings and don't back down. i like jenkins more for this...

curious if you ever read the story about kevin smith and jerry rice and how kevin smith was talking so much trash that even charles haley had to ask him to tone it down and kevin smith responded by basically telling haley to ****.

http://jeffpearlman.com/?page_id=74


From Boys Will Be Boys: Beneath a pewter late-afternoon sky (but no raindrops), the two teams took the field for warm-ups with unusual intensity and emotion. While the 49ers tended to be significantly more low-keyed than Dallas, San Francisco’s players were screaming, pointing, jumping up and down, barking like starved dogs. The team’s star running back, Ricky Watters, jogged toward the Cowboys and began taunting—“Y’all are nothing! Y’all gonna get your ***** kicked!” Kevin Smith heard enough. Upon spotting Rice, he laughed aloud and screamed, “Gonna be a long day for you, mother****er!” The receiver did a double-take. He was Jerry Rice, ******. Who the hell was Biff Smith? Or was it Pete Smith? “Jimmy used to say that cockiness borders on confidence, because if you’re unwilling to take chances you won’t get to where you want to go,” says Jim Jeffcoat. “He wanted players who believed they could beat anyone in the league on any given day. That was Pup.”
Technically, Smith wasn’t up to the challenge. Rice had one of his better statistical games of the season, catching eight passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. But in a sport of emotion and heart and physicality, numbers have limited reach. Beginning with the 49ers’ first offensive series, Smith was in Rice’s face and head, talking nonstop trash, kicking him in the calves, elbowing his ribs, knocking his shoulder pads. “All that **** I saw on TV is bull****!” Smith yelled. “If you’re the best in the league, I’m gonna have a looooong damn career.” This was Rice’s eighth year in the NFL, and no cornerback—not Darrell Green, not Mike Haynes, not Rod Woodson, not Deron Cherry—had treated him with such disrespect. Though the press had spent much of the week hyping Charles Haley’s revenge against his old franchise, it was the rookie defensive back who provided the jolt. After one too many “mother****ers,” Haley pulled Smith aside and said, “Man, that’s Jerry Rice. You can’t talk to him like that.”
“**** you!” Smith yelled. “Who the **** are you playing with? You might as well go put on your little gold helmet, you little ****ing *****!”

Wow. I didn't know you could talk to Haley like that and live to tell. I guess Pup was something else.

 

[ROUSH8692]

Jenkins played a good game. Steve shouldnt be talking bad about him.

nothing steve said was talking smack. He just got mad cuz Jenkins was talking smack to him. He thinks that you have to earn that right. Wade had Newman playing on smith all game regardless of which side he was playing on. That's saying something.

I am a diehard cowboys fan, but this is motivation for Jenkins to talk smack but also to back it up.

 

[ROUSH8692]

"Terence Newman, I respect him, always have, always will. He's a great player. He doesn't do anything or try to be more than what he is, and that is what, in my personal opinion, makes him a consistent, great DB. If he's going to play cover 2 or 6, with safety over the top, he plays it aggressive, smart. When he's going to play man to man, he plays it safe, aggressive, or smart. He understands the system he's in that week, and he plays it very well. Playing players like that makes me grow... O.K. what do I need to do? That is the enjoyment part of playing big competition".

Steve Smith WR Carolina Panthers

To all the Terence Newman critics:

In your face!

Steve smith is really short. Newman always makes his life hell. If delhomme wouldve realized smith was running a Sla-go Newman wouldve been toast for about 15. He got lucky on that pic. Im glad he did though that closed it out for us

 

[JBell]

Thanks for posting this.

Love what Steve had to say about Terence......

 

[21Savage]

Steve smith is really short. Newman always makes his life hell. If delhomme wouldve realized smith was running a Sla-go Newman wouldve been toast for about 15. He got lucky on that pic. Im glad he did though that closed it out for us

I guess you didn't see Hamlin right there double teaming him . Some of you just know nothing about the game.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Lucky on the pick. LOL. Yeah, that's it. Newman has played like crap and he finally gets one, and it's luck. What a joke.

Hey Steve Smith, moron.

Scoreboard bro. And I didn't see your name ANYWHERE in scoring.

You are fortunate you got what you got, with how bad T-new was tackling. He is on his game? You have the frustrating day you had when Dallas LAST played you. In your stadium. And You got the BOOT because of the frustration T-new was causing.

Steve Smith is a jerk, can't stand the little mini me attitude.

Worry more about your play loser, and lose the joke attitude.

 

[jterrell]

Sounds to me like Muhsin Muhammad is awful.

Steve Smith was doubled by TNew/Hamlin so Jenkins got single coverage duty plenty on Muhammad and he had NO more than 12 yards on any reception all night.

And when they did try to go deep Jenkins picked it off.

One could say Jenkins was good on Muhammad that it was possible to contain Smith with a 1-2.

Bottom line is Carolina scored 7 points and Steve Smith cost his team 7. Jenkins snagged a pick and keep Muhammad from doing anything of note.

Advantage and win Jenkins.

 

[masomenos]

Maybe he meant Charles Jordan? I mean the man did have 27 catches for 471 yards and a few touchdown playing for Miami in 1997. :

:laugh2:

That must be it.

 

[ROUSH8692]

I guess you didn't see Hamlin right there double teaming him . Some of you just know nothing about the game.

Hamlin not Jenkins. Reading comprehension owns you sir. Did you even listen to the audio file.

Speaking of Hamlin... That was the poorest excuse for a hit on that offensive pass interference call ever. He had fifteen yards to think on how to hit the WR and still dinked.... that guy is toast.

Why was Jenkins talking smack to Steve Smith after he hit him outta bounds??/ No reason....