Ravens' Smith: Panthers stabbed me in the back

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Steve Smith took some parting shots at the Carolina Panthers, three days after the outspoken wide received 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, telling WFNZ-AM that Carolina's second-year general manager said he was ''a shadow of the player I used to be'' and added that the GM said he was ''jealous'' of quarterback Cam Newton. Smith says he was told he was a ''nuisance.''

The receiver says coach Ron Rivera ''never even spoke to me through the whole ordeal.''

Smith had seven catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns Sunday in the Baltimore win.

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