Jimmy Smith

[korme]

Why did he play for Dallas in 1992, take two years off and come back in '95?

[QuikSand]

He had some peculiar abdominal injury (appendix?) that caused him to nearly retire (I seem to recall it may have even been life-threatening at one point). When the Cowboys pushed him out, he filed suit against them (or perhaps just a claim under the NFL and/or CBA rules) to try to regain some lost salary -- the split was not amicable.

[Pumpy Tudors]

If I remember correctly, he had medical problems. There was something seriously wrong with his kidney, I think, and no team wanted to touch him. He worked really hard to come back, though, and he's obviously made a very big impact since his return.

[The_herd]

After the medical problems he signed with the Eagles in '94 and was cut a day after final cuts. Didn't sign with anyone until the Jags picked him up the next year.

[Philliesfan980]

The Eagles have a knack for giving away all their good WR's.. Cris Carter.. Jimmy Smith...