The sixth overall pick Andre Smith finally got the contract he wanted from the Cincinnati Bengals, a four-year deal including $21 million guaranteed on Sunday, thus he would stop holdout and join the afternoon practice in time to play with his new teammates.
The impasse dragged so long into the preseason because the Bengals had insisted on paying Smith less than a player taken later in the draft, Oakland's Darrius Heyward-Bey, who got a got a five-year deal with $23.5 million guaranteed from the Raiders. And fortunately they reached agreements before the start of a late afternoon practice, allowing Smith to take part in the afternoon practice and do some drills with other linemen.
Because Smith had missed the first three preseason games, he will lose the starting job at right tackle. It is even unclear whether he is scheduled to play in the Thursday preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts.
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