 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
|
The Cardinals signing DT Mark Smith to a
one-year contract
|
| DT Mark Smith has signed a one-year
contract with the Arizona Cardinals. Smith missed all but two games last season due to a
contract holdout and a knee injury.
According to a published report, he accepted the team's offer for a little more than $1
million. Smith will become an unrestricted free agent after this season.
Smith's signing increases the likelihood that the Cardinals will cut DT Eric Swann for
salary cap reasons.
ProFootballWeekly.com asked editor-in-chief Ron Pollack to weigh in on the subject.
Q: What kind of player did the Cardinals just re-sign in Smith?
Pollack: It depends on whether you think the team is getting the player who excelled in
1998 or the guy who hardly played in 1999. In 1998 Smith played at a high level,
displaying very good quickness and a quality inside pass rush. There was even some thought
that he might eventually develop into a Pro Bowl caliber player. After playing so little
last season, though, it is hard to say what the Cardinals have in Smith. This is a
critical season for him in which we will find out which way his career is headed. |
|
 |
The Archives
1999 - 2000 Season |
| Online writers — features and
columns by our PFW staff, columnists, AFC reporters, NFC reporters and contributing
writers |
| College football — articles,
college notepad, key college game previews, PFW's college top 10 |
| Fantasy football — articles,
injury reports, weekly fantasy tips, weekly matchups, The Fantasy Doctor, mock drafts,
draft boards, "In our opinion" daily fantasy columns, player profiles |
| Free-agency |
| General features — Internet
features, features from our print edition, special reports |
| Handicapper's Corner —
staff selections, games of the week, PFW Players of the Week, NFL standings, weekly
handicapping columns, predictions |
| "A closer look" —
in-depth analysis of general football topics |
| "In our opinion" daily columns
— opinions on general football topics |
| "PFW spins" —
short-takes on current events |
| Joel Buchsbaum — college
player evaluations, NFL player analysis, NFL draft coverage, NFL notepad, NFList, Q and
A's, college game previews and other NFL articles by PFW's contributing editor |
| NFL Draft — player evaluations,
printouts, feature stories, commentaries, draft recaps |
| Ron Pollack — articles and
commentary by PFW's editor-in-chief |
| Season in review —
the 1999-2000 NFL season |
| XFL — a new football league begins |
|
