Smith appeared to channel his inner little kid as he was caught on the referee’s microphone pleading his case, “I was just kidding around!”
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Smith was in fact, just kidding around, faking a hit on Dolphins’ defensive tackle Davon Godchaux.
This was the “unnecessary roughness” for which Smith was flagged:
A reminder that refs simply lack a sense of humor in the no fun league.