DE Antonio Smith Signed, 5 yrs $12.5 Million Guaranteed

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Well I hope the coaches know what they are doing, cause this smells of an overpayment. An average player at best getting danged good money.

Honestly I don't want to be negative, but that's also basically my sentiments about this deal.
However, there is hope because Smith & Kubiak so far have been consistantly disappointing with their FA selections and the simple law of averages tells us thats bound to turn around at some point. Maybe this is the guy who exceeds expectations instead of falling short of them ?