Saints give Smith $26 million guaranteed

By Neal Coolong  |   Saturday, June 14, 2008  |  Comments( 10 )

 New Orleans Saints
The Saints signed DE Will Smith to a six-year, $70 million contract extension that includes $26 million in guaranteed money. The contract makes Smith the third-highest-paid defensive player in the league, behind Indianapolis' Dwight Freeney and Minnesota's Jared Allen. Smith, the 18th overall selection in the 2004 draft, has 33.5 sacks in 62...
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LET'SGOBUFFALO		 12:47 AM
06/17/2008
Horrible move, Smith had good year and did nothing last year to help a poorus Saints defense. The Saints needed to do more in this years draft and free agency to help out the Secondary and Linebacking core. They did neither and will miss the playoffs again next season.
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sec116row11seats12and13		 04:35 AM
06/17/2008
7 sacks 66 tackles on an injury laiden team
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RedskinFan21ST		 04:03 PM
06/24/2008
Once again the Saints didn't get the job done in the offseason. They signed Dan Morgan to fill the void at LB, but they ran into bad luck with Morgan retiring. Although they did get Jonathon Vilma through trade with the NY Jets. I think the Saints will win the NFC South because of really the lack of talent except for the Bucs and maybe Carolina.
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