As you surely know by now, the Baltimore Ravens’ top cornerback, Jimmy Smith, was recently handed down a four-game suspension to begin the 2018 season, and one of the four games that he is slated to miss is a key early primetime game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
While that was the angle that I focused on while first covering the story, given that the Steelers are the primary focus of this website, I do regret largely glossing over what he was suspended for when the NFL described as evidence of “a pattern of improper conduct” consisting of “threatening and emotionally abusive behaviors”.