Nobody would have blamed Browns defensive end Chris Smith for not playing against the New York Jets on Monday night. Not after what Smith went through last week, seeing his girlfriend killed in a car accident.
But Smith is going to play to honor Petara Cordero, his girlfriend and the mother of his one-month-old daughter.
“I am going to play tonight because it is something, she would want me to do,” Smith said in a statement released to the media. “She would want me to keep doing what I love and stay strong. I play for her tonight. She is my why.”
Several Browns players have already stated they are dedicating tonight’s game to Cordero and Smith, one of the more popular guys in the locker room.
