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Smith upset with ex-team

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Steve Smith took some parting shots at the Carolina Panthers, three days after the outspoken wide receiver led the Baltimore Ravens to a 38-10 win over his former team.

Smith, who spent 13 seasons in Carolina before being cut in March, called into a Charlotte radio station Wednesday and said the Panthers “stabbed him in the back.”

Smith took direct aim at Dave Gettleman, saying that Carolina’s general manager said he was “a shadow of the player I used to be.” Smith said the GM said that he was “jealous” of quarterback Cam Newton.

“Yes, it was personal with me and Dave Gettleman,” Smith said. “Obviously, I did something that got under his skin. I’m not a perfect person. There are people I run into that get under my skin.”

Smith is Carolina’s all-time leader in receptions, yards receiving and TDs.

The wide receiver said Gettleman also called him a “nuisance” during a conversation with his agent this offseason.

Smith said Gettleman told him the team intended to trade him and laughed off the idea of Smith taking a pay cut to stay in Carolina.

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