beta.profootballtalk.com - 2/28/2008
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Cut by the Vikings, safety Dwight Smith will now get to play them twice per year.
A league source tells us that Smith has agreed to terms with the Detroit Lions. He’ll sign a two-year, $5 million deal.
Per the source, Smith gets a $350,000 signing bonus, a $300,000 training-camp reporting bonus in 2008, and a 2008 [...]
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Lions Sign Safety Dwight Smith
Pride Of Detroit —
As first reported by Pro Football Talk, the Lions have signed former Vikings safety Dwight Smith to a two-year deal. A league source tells us that Smith has agreed to terms with the Detroit Lions. He’ll sign a two-year, $5 million deal. Per the source, ...
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