There’s no love lost between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. As a result, it’s natural to believe there will be ill-will between new Steelers linebackers Patrick Queen and his former Baltimore teammates.
That’s not really the case. But Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith appeared to imply there’s likely to be competition between Queen and his remaining Ravens friends.
While speaking to reporters about his former teammate on April 17, Smith gave Queen his best wishes. But Smith also gave Queen a warning of sorts.
“I’m happy for him,” Smith said. “I’m wishing him all the best. It’ll be good to see him twice a year, he’s still my guy.
“But war is war. That’s what it is.”
Queen played the first four years of his career with the Ravens. Baltimore drafted him at No. 28 overall in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft.
For the past season and a half, Queen started alongside Smith. The Ravens acquired Smith at the 2022 NFL trade deadline from the Chicago Bears.
Queen made second-team All-Pro and the Pro Bowl during 2023. He posted 133 combined tackles, including 9 tackles for loss and 6 quarterback hits. Queen also had 3.5 sacks, 6 pass defenses and 1 interception in 17 games.
Roquan Smith Plans to Tear Down Patrick Queen Picture in Ravens LB Room
If it really bothers Smith that Queen signed with Baltimore’s biggest rival, he didn’t show it very much on April 17. In fact, Smith said, “it’s not weird at all” to a question about Queen joining the Steelers
However, Smith did have jokes for his former teammate. The Ravens linebacker suggested he needs to shed any memory of Queen playing in Baltimore.
“I gotta tear down his picture in the linebacker room,” Smith told reporters with a smile. “We have linebackers all over the wall, so I probably need to make a video of me punching it or something like that.”
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