HOUSTON (AP) -The Houston Texans have signed free agent defensive end Antonio Smith.
Smith appeared in each regular season game and started three of four playoff games for the NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals last season.
The Texans, who announced the deal Saturday, needed someone to start opposite 2006 top overall pick Mario Williams after releasing Anthony Weaver earlier this week.
Weaver had one sack in his three years in Houston, and the Texans need a pass-rush threat at the second end position.
The 6-foot-4, 285-pound Smith had 41 tackles and 3 1/2 sacks this season and has 125 tackles and 14 1/2 sacks in his five-year career.
He had eight tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the Super Bowl.
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