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Saints sign tight end Alex Smith

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The New Orleans Saints signed veteran tight end Alex Smith on Friday to replace injured rookie Jack Tabb.

Smith, 33, played football at Stanford and was a third-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2005. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals last season.

Tabb suffered what appeared to be a knee injury during team work in practice on Thursday. He left the field on a motorized cart.
If Tabb clears waivers, which is likely, he would be placed on the Saints' injured reserve list.

Tabb, who played at North Carolina, signed with the Saints as an undrafted free agent in May.

Smith was a starter in his first four seasons with Tampa and has bounced around the league as a reserve since then, playing for the Philadelphia Eagles (2009), Cleveland Browns (2010-2012) and Bengals (2013-2014).

The Saints have been battered by injuries at tight end. In addition to Tabb, Josh Hill and Kevin Brock have missed time. The two remaining tight ends, Ben Watson and Orson Charles, got plenty of reps in Friday's scrimmage.


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Old 08-07-2015, 05:21 PM   #2
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Can he block?
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Can he block?
From what I'm reading thats about all he does well.
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I still think the Graham deal was a good one for us. Drew
will find his targets... He just needs to be upright.
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Another thing the Graham deal did, and I used the Pittsburgh game this last season in support (Graham had no catches in that game as Pittsburgh overcommitted to him), is that Drew will now get back to spreading the ball around, regaining the advantage, character of unpredictability to the offense...
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Another thing the Graham deal did, and I used the Pittsburgh game this last season in support (Graham had no catches in that game as Pittsburgh overcommitted to him), is that Drew will now get back to spreading the ball around, regaining the advantage, character of unpredictability to the offense...
totally agree. I would rather have
Drew throwing to an assortment of guys you may or may not know, which seemed to be our recipe for winning, than to one superstar.
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Spread means less Ints
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There is no way in hell im going to act like I wont miss JG. Im still sick about it but I understand why it had to be done.
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I thought Alex Smith was a QB. When did he become a tight end?

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Sooooooooooo who is are starting Tightend.
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