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Thornton was an undrafted free agent that originally made the Eagles' 53-man roster before the season started.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.
Yeah, I can't believe we wasted $10m on this guy... oh, I mean $20m... Oh wait, it says it right there in the article, $2.3m. I'm sure that was exactly what Desean was looking for, and the cheap Eagles just didn't want to pay it...— JSap- I jsut have to post how bad this signing was, one more time. Sorry Desean, Howie didn't know what he was doing.— dmanphilly
- Freddy Garcia, the Sequel.— ghostofozark
- You can pay me 2.3 million and I won't do anything for the Eagles either.— NC Eagle Fan
- An entire country could have been fed for what they gave Smith. I really hate the Eagles front office and their idiotic signings.— philaflava
- Remember that they got Steve Smith, it seemed, because they were unsure about Maclin's situation going into the season. He was basically just insurance.
- $$ per catch for Smith? Should have just resigned DJ in the first place and saved the drama.— tpizza
- just another huge free agent andy reid failure...AR's draft and free agent signings are a disgrace, yet he keeps hisjob...wake up jeff— tooltime
- "...AR's draft and free agent signings are a disgrace, yet he keeps hisjob...wake up jeff"
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Oh God, how true this is.— essell - Howie is a smart guy but he doesn't know jack about football.— jmb53
- I wonder how much Randy moss would have played for. He couldn't have done much worse.— djack10
- Just not a good Eagle signing unless the guy is injured. Arrogant Andy, just smarter than every other Coach out there! Except on gameday, of course!— younged
- D Jax isn't going to signed for 2.3 mil a year, he will get 6 million+ by someone. He will expect 10+ but I don't know anyone will pay him that.— pking222
- I am disappointed in the performance of the majority of current Eagles. Smith didn't play any worse than some of the other receivers.— billtfla
- Smith will probably get a contract extension and a significant pay raise with this injury. If DeSean was smart he'd learn from Smith and get a knee injury soon.— Geno D
