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NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

Steve Smith Sr. Gets Real on Hall of Fame Chances, His one NFL Regret, Understanding the Business of Football

NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

NFL

Sports, Football

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

NFL legend Steve Smith Sr. joins Cam Jordan for a raw, unfiltered conversation on the latest episode of the Off the Edge with Cam Jordan podcast. The former Panthers and Ravens wideout opens up about his Hall of Fame candidacy, how he prepared for life after football, and why he wishes he enjoyed playing more. Steve also shares the colleges that doubted him, how he learned the business side of football, and what fuels his no-nonsense approach to analyzing today’s players. Plus, Cam and Steve chop it up about the Broncos’ season, Daniel Jones to the Colts, and Sam Darnold with the Seahawks — with the trademark honesty only Steve Smith Sr. can deliver.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:08.5

And here we go, another episode.

0:10.5

This time, live with Off the Edge the podcast, me, your host, Cam Jordan.

0:15.4

I'm super excited.

0:16.5

Not only do I have a pro bowler, a guy who's been part of league for 16 years sitting beside me.

0:21.4

Let's just introduce him.

0:22.4

Steve Smith, Sr. Senior. That means there's a junior out there. I want one of those. I'm never going to get one, but I want one of those. His name is Ducey Magozy. His name's Ducey. His name's Ducey. My full name. So a lot of people always think my name is Steve, right?

0:40.9

Steve Smith is not a stevonne.

0:44.2

That's my birth name.

0:45.9

Is it spelled like Stephen or is it like a...

0:47.5

It's a S-T-E-V-O-N-N-E.

0:51.5

And so I saw I call him Ducey McGucio in the mornings when I talk to him at S-StavE. And so I saw, I call him Duce and Mugusi or in the mornings when I'll talk to him at Estevan. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah, my dad is Stephen. I call him Esteban. Estabon, come here. He got the light skin swag to him. So, you know, you know, no, no if he's Puerto R Dominican. I know, sir. Ducey McGozy, that's dope. Yeah. I was wondering. But the Duce is not Duce McAllister. Right. But Duce, I wanted to doce, like, Duce Staley. Oh, okay. Okay, I see where you were with here. South Carolina guy. I was thinking Deuce, because, you know. Yeah, no, it is. But I've always loved the name Deuce. Yeah. I've always, so I had in my mind, if I ever have, I got three boys. If I ever have, it would be Deuce. I got one boy. I was like, my goal was make the first boy his own man and then the second boy, junior. Because I didn't want you don't want to put pressure on either way. I was like, you don't want to put pressure on, but the second one, never got a second. One boy, three girls. Hashtag girl dad. It's real. It was super real. I'm scared.

2:01.6

You got no girls.

2:02.5

I got one girl.

2:03.6

Middle child.

2:04.8

Middle child syndrome.

2:05.9

Middle child is the best child.

2:07.0

No, it's not.

2:08.3

I'm the oldest.

2:09.0

Ah.

2:09.7

So I know. How much responsibility on the old?

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