"Like I said before, I never heard that," Smith said. "I don't listen to the news, read the paper, go on the Internet, I don't do any of that. I just come to work every day and do my job. If anybody ever did say (Smith wasn't living up to the contract) it really at the end of the day doesn't mean anything to me, because they don't really know what going on behind the scenes.

"Coach (Sean) Payton, (General Manager) Mickey Loomis, (Owner) Mr. (Tom) Benson, we were all on the same page. They knew what was going on. They knew that I was doing was the best I could do at that particular time because of the injury I had."