CB Smoot to return to Commanders
NFL.com wire reports
WASHINGTON (March 3, 2007) --
Cornerback
Fred Smoot agreed to terms with the
Washington Commanders, returning to the team he left two years ago before two tumultuous seasons with Minnesota.
Smoot will sign his deal March 4, when he'll also be formally introduced during a news conference at Commanders Park.
Details of the contract weren't immediately available, but Smoot's agent, Bus Cook, said the cornerback placed a higher priority to returning to a familiar team than working the free agent market for the best deal.
"He may have gotten a better deal by going somewhere else -- we don't know that -- but he's glad to be home," Cook told
The Associated Press. "Sometimes that's more important than money."
Smoot tied a career high with 61 tackles last season, and returned his only interception for a touchdown -- in Week 16 for the Vikings' only score in a 9-7 loss at Green Bay.
He missed the last game of the season after breaking his jaw in five places in a car accident.
Smoot has 312 career tackles and 19 INTs in six NFL seasons. He spent his first four seasons with the Commanders.
Also March 3, free agent offensive lineman
Leonard Davis, wearing sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt on his massive 366-pound frame, got into a white Mercedes to head to lunch with quarterback
Jason Campbell, the man Davis would help protect if he signs with the Commanders.
"The Commanders are in my top two," Davis said. "It's between the Commanders and
the Cowboys."
Davis and cornerback
Travis Fisher were the two new visitors to Commanders Park on the second day of free agency.
Meanwhile, linebacker London Fletcher made his first official appearance at the prerequisite news conference.
Fletcher agreed late March 1 to a five-year, $25 million contract that includes a $10.5 million signing bonus.
"I didn't sleep much last night with all the phone calls," Fletcher said. "I was too excited, because it's finally happening for me."
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