Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith will likely sit out against the Carolina Panthers this preseason.

According to ESPN, Smith is not at all interested in playing the 2016 NFL preseason.

“I’ve been very comfortable throughout my career not playing in the preseason,” Smith said Wednesday. “So, I don’t have a problem with that. [it’s] just four games that don’t count and the liability of injury. At the senior-citizen age that I am, I think staying out would be good.”

Steve Smith is currently recovering from an Achilles tendon tear from November 1, 2015.

The Panthers faced Steve Smith once before in Baltimore during week four of the 2014 NFL season. A game in which Steve Smith finished with 139 yards and two touchdowns.

It is unfortunate that the Carolina Panthers likely won’t be seeing Smith on the field. The Panthers rookie corners need all of the experience they can get against great NFL receivers. Steve Smith would have been able to provide more than one lesson to the Panthers corners before the start of the regular season.

Smith has not been participating in offseason practices, and he isn’t upset about it.

“After watching them practice and seeing all the plays, nah, I’m good,” Smith said. “I have no sympathy for them.”

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