Steve Smith to IR
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Steve Smith to IR
Jeff McLane
The Eagles have placed wide receiver Steve Smith (knee) on their Injured Reserve list and signed defensive tackle Cedric Thornton off the practice squad to take his place on the roster.
Smith did not dress Sunday for the first time this season because he had a bone bruise on his knee, the same one he had microfracture knee surgery on last December.
His season, and likely his tenure with the Eagles, are now over.
Aside from filling in for the benched DeSean Jackson last month against Arizona, Smith saw very little playing time with the Eagles. Signed as a free agent for around $2.3 million, Smith wasn't expected to contribute much coming off surgery. But he produced almost no game-changing moments when he did play.
In fact, Smith's more memorable moments were when he did something wrong, like when he had a pass bounce off his hands and into a Giants defender's back in September, or when he inexplicable fell short of the first down marker after catching a pass against the Cardinals.
In all, Smith played in nine games, caught 11 passes for 124 yards and scored one touchdown for the Eagles.
Thornton was an undrafted free agent that originally made the Eagles' 53-man roster before the season started. But he was briefly cut and then added to the practice squad.
Comment removed.- REALLY! REALLY!!! REALLY!!! so we dont Sign Plaxico Burress.... but we sign Steve Smith.... after Steve Smith tweeted bout that Lesean McCoy & osi Beef... man i rather of Had Plaxico Burress then freaking Steve Smith!!! did we just sign Steve SMith so dayt Giants couldnt resign him????
— VickaDelphia24 - and plaxico was practically begging the eagles to sign him.. we could have had plaxico instead of smith for the same price probably. plax has been having a decent year for the jets. he always had big games against us with the giants.. hopefully he doesnt continue that on sunday.. — zwarte piet
- Hated the Signing as soon as we did it. I am with Desean on This one.— dmanphilly
- Hated the Signing as soon as we did it. I am with Desean on This one.— dmanphilly
- What a waste!— Penfold18
- If my deceased grandpop was placed on IR, there would be more of an impact on the eagles. The eagles giving this dude 4 millions bucks is a crime, especially with d-jack making relatively peanuts.— CosmoK
- Well that was a worthwhile investment...— balitok
what another DUMB move by howie roseman, giving this stiff 5mm and shafting desean jackson with 600k. why does roseman have a job in an NFL front office?— oliver north- jint fans hated the signing at the time. And he did come back sooner than expected.— mikemaddog
- So who is going to take responsibility for that mistake? 5 million dollars for 1 touchdown.— ej610
- Invisible Reserve?— AreaMan
- Well it is over and the Eagles wasted money on another injured player it isashame he didn't work out and stay healthy and was a bigger part of the offense. Now Ican only hope thsat we get a big wide out in thedraft and we get a few large run stopping LBS!— srcdaddy1216
- This was the most problematic signing of all. You could see this disaster coming a mile away. It made absolutely no sense to have the back-up, who is injured, making way more than the starter. Foolish move.— rustypop58
