[KTRK-TV] Texans Interested in DE Antonio Smith

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This from Pete Prisco of CBSSports ,

Buyer beware: Proceed with caution on these free agents

Antonio Smith, DE, Arizona Cardinals

NFL teams are always searching for pass rushers, usually overpaying to get them. Smith is about to be overpaid.

He's the right age at 27, but in five seasons he has 14½ sacks. Does that warrant a mega-deal?

I think not.

But he's getting one. Why? Because many people paid attention to how he played in the playoffs when he had two sacks in four games.

One has to wonder if that was a money push. And where was it the rest of his career?

There is some thinking that Smith turns it on in big games but doesn't play hard all the time.

I like him as a player. I just don't love him.

Somebody does, which is why he will be overpaid.