Steve Smith on playing the Panthers: 'There will be blood and guts everywhere'

Steve Smith, never one to back down from talking trash, is ready to potentially face his old team next year. (Bob Leverone/AP)

Steve Smith was officially released by the Carolina Panthers Thursday, and he's ready to make his old team pay.

The 13-year pro has played with the Panthers his whole career, but now he's a free agent looking for a new NFL home. If that new team happens to play at Carolina next year, Smith says he'll be ready. In an interview with WFNZ-AM on Thursday, Smith said:

"I want to make sure that whatever team I go to, they’re going to get the best, in shape 35-year-old guy they can get. If that happens to run through Bank of America Stadium, put your goggles on cause there’s going to be blood and guts everywhere.”