Bengals Officially Sign Veteran OT Andre Smith To One-Year Deal

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NEWS: #Bengals sign OL Andre Smith pic.twitter.com/TnXQkchmcR

— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) March 16, 2017

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Jeff Darlington reports that the Bengals are signing veteran OT Andre Smith to a contract.

• Mike Garafolo reports that Smith receives a one-year contract from the Bengals.

Smith recently visited with the Bills, but left Buffalo without an agreement in place. A Bills’ source tells Darlington that Buffalo made a “hard run” at signing Smith, but he wanted to return to his former team.

Smith, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Bengals back in 2009. After seven years in Cincinnati, Smith signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Vikings back in March of last year, which included $1 million guaranteed and another $1 million available through incentives.

Unfortunately, Smith’s season ended with him being placed on season-ending injured reserve.

In 2016, Smith appeared in four games for the Vikings.