In a surprise revelation on national television, former NFL wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. divulged that he didn’t leave the Carolina Panthers empty-handed after the team released him following the 2013 season.

When the discussion on Sunday morning’s episode of “Good Morning Football” turned to the trade of Houston Texans wide receiver Demaryius Thomas — formerly of the Denver Broncos — and speculation that he might make his new team privy to the playbook of the Broncos ahead of their upcoming matchup, Smith chimed in saying how he had done exactly the same when he joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2014.

“When I came in, I said, ‘My playbook will be on my desk — what you do with it is on you.’ … And you know what they did? They walked by my locker, picked it up, they went on,” Smith said of handing off the Carolina playbook to Baltimore’s staff.

Though NFL teams usually take great measures to secure their playbooks from prying eyes, Smith managed to leave with a Panthers’ playbook thanks to a faux pas by the team. A couple of seasons before Smith’s departure, Carolina made the move of digitizing their playbooks and putting them on tablets. Presumably, Smith would’ve returned his tablet to the team after his release. However—unbeknownst to the team—Smith had also acquired a hard copy of the playbook from a released teammate—something he said he did because he had potential ambitions of becoming a coach after retirement.

The Panthers and Smith didn’t sever ties in the most amicable manner, as Smith remarked in 2014 that there was “going to be blood and guts everywhere” if he were to ever face off against his former team. As it would be, the Ravens and Carolina clashed in Week 4 that season, and the result was a 38-10 thrashing of the Panthers where Smith snagged seven passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns—a feat perhaps not possible without Smith’s insider info.