Daryl Smith does not seem agitated by the question — as some of his peers might — in these, the dying days of a colossally disappointing Ravens season.
In fact, he doesn't betray much emotion at all as he pulls on a dark sweatshirt after a mid-December practice.
Smith understands why people assume he's anguishing over a lost season. After all, he came to Baltimore specifically because the Ravens made deep playoff runs like clockwork.
Despite his quietly-exemplary play, Smith did not taste the postseason in his final five years as an inside linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars.