The 31-year-old defender ended the season with five sacks, becoming a welcome defensive surprise for Dallas.
Dallas Cowboys I informed the free agent quarterback hunter Aldon Smith that he will not be rewarded after a season, a team source told Ed Werder ESPN This Wednesday.
Having executed an indefinite suspension from 2016 to 2019 for multiple off-site incidents and violations of the league’s substance abuse policy, Smith joined the Cowboys in 2020 with a one-year deal. that could have paid him up to $ 4 million based on certain incentives.
The 31-year-old defender ended the season with five sacks, including three in Week 3 against Seattle Seahawks. He was second DeMarcus Lawrence in the staff Cowboys with 33 rushing defenders and 48 attacks, five tackles for losing the yard and two fumbles recovered, one of them returning to touchdown.
The decision not to bring back Smith was strengthened by the signing by Cowboys from the defensive end of the veteran free agent, Tarell Basham, from New York Jets.
Smith he started his season as a first round of selection San Francisco 49ers in 2011, obtaining an invitation to Pro Bowl and a first team meeting All-Pro in 2012. After four campaigns with Niners, spent the 2015 season with Oakland Raiders, before starting to execute suspensions by NFL, and being eliminated in a total of four league seasons before reappearing this year in Dallas.
The information from Todd Archer was used to write this note.