Steve Smith Sr. entered 2015 on a retirement run, but after suffering a season-ending Achilles injury in Week 8 at the top of his game, the soon-to-be 37-year-old announced last Wednesday he’ll return next season.
And in typical form as one of the game’s most vocally passionate, he had a message to skeptics doubting he can regain form following such a gruesome injury, per Ryan Mink of the Baltimore Ravens' official website:
When I started to put up good numbers, you guys told me, ‘Well, he’ll tail off.’ What you need to do is just let me play and quit commenting about my play, because every time you all tell me something I can’t do, then you have a reason for why I’m doing it.