{"id":69070,"date":"2022-09-07T19:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/zadarius-smith-criticizes-green-bay-packers-for-treating-him-poorly-after-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T19:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:59:57","slug":"zadarius-smith-criticizes-green-bay-packers-for-treating-him-poorly-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/zadarius-smith-criticizes-green-bay-packers-for-treating-him-poorly-after-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Za’Darius Smith criticizes Green Bay Packers for treating him poorly after injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As if there wasn’t enough juice to the season opener between the rival Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings, one player who has switched sides gave it a little extra.<\/p>\n

Za’Darius, who signed with the Vikings this offseason after three seasons with the Packers, Smith how his former team handled the back injury that kept him out for most of last season.<\/p>\n

In an interview with GoLongTD.com that was published Wednesday, Smith said he was “treated bad” by the Packers during the process of trying to return from his injury and that the team seemed bothered that he had sought a second opinion.<\/p>\n

“How I was here in the building,” Smith said in the interview, holding his hand high before tilting it down, “I came down to here. To a nobody. To everybody in building. I was like, ‘Damn, why am I being treated like this? I brought the culture. I helped change this s—.<\/p>\n

“Walking past me not saying nothing. ‘Z, how’s your back doing?’ There was none of that. As you can see, that adds on to why I’m on the other side. So, I can go back. I get to go back two times a year.”<\/p>\n