Twitter: Cowboys Signing Aldon Smith to 1-yr/$4M Deal (must be reinstated first)

[IAmLegend]

No April fools here. Wow.

 

[CyberB0b]

Who?

 

[Stash]

No April fools here. Wow.

 

[IAmLegend]

Who?

Former Pro-Bowl DE selected 7th overall out of Missouri by the Niners back in 2011. Served multiple suspensions for smoking weed before entering rehab. Was eventually suspended for the entire 2016 & 2017 seasons. Now 30 years old, he hasn’t played in the league since 2015.

 

[Stash]

Aldon Smith hasn’t played since 2015, but the Cowboys are rolling the dice the pass rusher still can play.

Smith has reached agreement with the Cowboys, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reports.

“Clean and sober now, incredible how much he’s turned his life around,” Glazer said on Wednesday night’s Fox Football Now.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has given second chances to plenty of players, including Alonzo Spellman, Dimitrius Underwood, Greg Hardy, Rolando McClain and Randy Gregory, with mixed results. Smith will become the latest.

He has served multiple suspensions under both the substance-abuse policy and the Personal Conduct Policy. Smith’s latest suspension arose from an alleged hit-and-run, DUI and vandalism incident in 2015.

A report from NFL Media last month indicated Smith was in the process of applying for reinstatement.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/01/cowboys-giving-aldon-smith-a-second-chance/

 

[Risen Star]

Will. McClay.

 

[Daillest88]

he’s been out of the league 4 years!!!

 

[dagreat1_87]

holy crap. that could be a huuuuuuge pickup if he's half the player he used to be

 

[Typhus]

• Fastest player in league history to record his 30th career sack (27 games)
• Most sacks in a player's first two seasons (33.5)

 

[CowboyStar88]

Let’s see what he’s got

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Wow. Was not expecting this.

Love that he's back with Tomsula and the signing
Why the **** did we have to pony up $4M though?

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

@ultron two days later we sign an outside free agent

 

[Daillest88]

How did he get 4 million?? WTH this has got to be an April fools joke

 

[Risen Star]

I feel like I'm a fan of a pro bowl team.

 

[baltcowboy]

Is this an April Fools joke? When did the league let him back in?

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

If we are going the low risk all upside route at RDE

I'd love a rotation of Smith, Ezekial Ansah, and Dion Jordan

 

[Risen Star]

How did he get 4 million?? WTH

He was a force early in his career.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Wow. Was not expecting this.

Love that he's back with Tomsula and the signing
Why the **** did we have to pony up $4M though?

The 4 million is as surprising as the signing itself. Perhaps there were other teams involved??

 

[Risen Star]

Crawford Woods Hill Smith

That's depth, my friends. You'll get no breather against us.

 

[reddyuta]

didn't the raiders cut him?