Skip might make bold predictions, but his predictions aren't any more accurate than the hundreds of other journalists, bloggers, commentators or pundits that make bold predictions as well...
Skip is almost as annoying as Mark Madden....full of sound yet signifying nothing...
Here is Stephen A Smith's response to Ike's response (start at the bottom and work your way up):
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Good luck this weekend. And especially the next........once you may possibly face Tebow again.
p Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Respectfully, STEPHEN A!
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
That's just the way it's going to be. All you have to do to prevent it is BALL.......like most of your teammates were, and usually, do.
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Like that again, YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT. On TV. On Radio. In Print. In the Locker room. In your home. In the streets. EVERYWHERE.
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Use "Banishment" or anything like that again. But if you ever left a no-passing-skills Tebow -- or anyone who even looks like him -- shred u
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Again @Ike_SwagginU, the respect is here. So is the sincere appreciation for your position, taking care of your family, etc. So I will NEVER
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Your job is to PLAY. My job is to CRITIQUE how you play. You're blessed to do what you, as am I. I'm not complaining about it, so why are U?
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Heartbeat when you do something good. But if you're ever perform that GOD-AWFUL again, I'm going to call it like I see it.
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
It was just one game @Ike_SwagginU. I totally get that. It shouldn't - and won't -- define you. Please know that I will compliment you in a
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Don't love is an otherwise quality CB ending his season with one of the most HORRIFIC performances I've ever seen from a CB in NFL HISTORY.
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Anything you felt the need to deal with today. I love the Steelers. I love what coach Mike Tomlin and the Steelers organization reps. What I
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
However, @Ike_SwagginU that had you put as much effort and hostility in not making Tebow look like Joe Montana, you wouldn't have to deal w/
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Will continue to do for as long as I'm being PAID to do it. If you have a problem with that, I have no idea what to tell you. May I suggest
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Understand that critiquing your performance is part of what I do for a living. It's what I have done, it's what I did today and it's what I
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Word. For that I apologize if it was misconstrued. But be clear @Ike_SwagginU, that's the only damn thing I'm apologizing for. You need to
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7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Was only playing about. I always in favor of any athlete getting paid, and in no way did I mean to come across as serious when I used that
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
Yo @Ike_SwagginU, let me try and break this down to you, Bruh: In no way was I serious when I talked of "banishment" for you. THAT PART I
7 Sep Stephen A Smith@stephenasmith
I've just been alerted that Ike Taylor had a few words for me. I'm tied up for the next hour. But I will respond by 9pm EST. Count on it!
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Last edited by SteelCrazy; 09-08-2012 at 08:25 PM.
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So, it's Smith's job to "critique" Ike's performance...8 months later?!?!?
You can hide behind the "It's my job argument" in the days and weeks after the event...but to be flatout insulting more than half-a-year later is just being a jagoff...
We definitely should have kept our safeties back. I mean the broncos only averaged, what, 259 yards rushing per game. And tebow was completing an amazing 4/22 of his passes! The gameplan should have definitely been to stop the prolific tim "bomberman" tebow!
The only problem was Ike didn't make the tackle. Ike almost always makes the tackle. He's one of the best tackling CBs in the league. He got stiff armed by a big dude and had no support over the top.
Lebeau hung him out to dry. The way Ike played it, it looked like he should have had some help from the inside but he didn't.
So it was a combo of things. Ike either played it wrong, it was a bad call, someone was out of position to help, and Ike missed a tackle. By my count that's 4 bad things and odds are they all don't happen at the same time on most plays. A little bad fortune.
If all 4 mistakes don't come together, we probably play to the next play. It's all over, now we've got to wait another half year to get #7 instead of working on #8.
IKE will be lucky if SAS only rips him for his pathetic play instead of that and his inability to spell, write or use proper grammar............wow
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