by Sports Xchange

"I was pulling out of the hotel coming down the road and just kind of cruising," Smith said. "I'm not lying, I wasn't speeding. I was just kind of cruising. I had an hour to be (to the stadium) so I was just kind of cruising. Then a guy comes over and decides to become one with me in the lane and sideswipes me and basically (there was damage) from the front end to back on the driver's side."

Smith said he had to forcefully push the door open to get out.

"I said, 'Man, you've got to be freaking kidding me,'" Smith said. "He kind of looked at me and was like, 'You want to call the cops.' And I was like, 'Yeah.' So we exchanged information and the cops came. We were in a predominantly good area so they were there in three minutes. Back home (in Los Angeles) they never came that quick in my neighborhood. So we exchanged information and he said, 'I was in a hurry to get to the game.'"

At that point, Smith gave the guy a look like, "Uh, no kidding."

"I was thankful nothing bad happened," Smith said. "But I feel bad for his insurance (company). It was an accident. Things happen."

-- Dolphins running back Ricky Williams didn't have trouble finding the end zone, scoring three times against the Panthers. Williams finished with 138 total yards from scrimmage and proved more than capable of handling the full-time starting role he inherited earlier in the week when Ronnie Brown was lost for the season.

Carolina's tackling was a problem for the second straight week as Williams averaged 5.4 yards per carry.

"We didn't tackle well," said defensive tackle Damione Lewis. "Ricky is a hard running, big tailback. He broke tackles and that's him. If you let him get going and running downhill then he can give you problems. On third down he caught us and broke some tackles. We had a good stretch (of games) there where we were playing great but now there is a missed tackle here or there but we just need to get it straight."

Added cornerback Richard Marshall: "It wasn't good at all. We always preach getting to the ball and hitting the person with the ball. We didn't do that tonight at all. There was a lot of missed tackles out there tonight. They were getting a lot of yards after the first hit tonight and that is something that usually doesn't happen against us. We have to come back in and correct that."

--Running back Tyrell Sutton saw increased action as Carolina's back in the two-minute drill. He's performing well and the Panthers have found themselves a keeper.

"I'll do whatever they ask me to do," said Sutton.