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Aldon Smith... uh oh. (1 Viewer)

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Report: Aldon Smith drinking with Ray McDonald

December, 22, 2014

The San Francisco 49ers “terminated” Ray McDonald last week for what general manager Trent Baalke said was a “pattern of poor decision making” in the wake of the defensive lineman being investigated for sexual assault.The team may be faced with another unwanted decision with another of their star defensive players.

In the search warrant affidavit released by the courts on Monday, the alleged victim said she spent the day drinking with McDonald and outside linebacker Aldon Smith, who served a league-mandated nine-game suspension this year for numerous indiscretions, including a DUI in 2013.

Smith’s three-year probation, which was handed down last July, includes not drinking alcohol. He said before the season he was sober.

If Smith was indeed drinking alcohol at the scene of a crime, the 49ers, after years of standing by Smith and his numerous transgressions, will be in an interesting position having already taken the moral highground with McDonald, after the Niners were eliminated from the playoff race.
 
If that is indeed what her sworn affidavit said, that only implies that Smith was drinking too. She swore that she was drinking, and spending that time with them. Maybe Smith was the designated driver? Not a good decision on his part nonetheless.

 
Top 5 dumbest player in the NFL? Most likely he will be on a year ban if not more, unlikely to be picked up unless in the next year he shows some maturity which seems unlikely, but he is still young.

 
3optic said:
Thoughts on Raiders pick up? That pass rush is potentially lethal..
Mack is a player that is disruptive on nearly every snap. That was Aldon Smith as well. Assuming Smith gets up to speed quickly and does not end up with a big suspension- this is HUGE. Offensive lines are going to have real hard time accounting for both of these guys. One of them will end up one on one on every snap which is huge ask for 95% of the linemen in this league to handle.

The only downside on this is that the Raider secondary is below average with little depth. Mack and Smith will not get much extra time to get to the QB with this unit.

I picked up Smith in 2 of my 3 IDP leagues (someone beat me to it in the 3rd).

 
And again...

Free agent OLB Aldon Smith was arrested Friday morning in San Francisco after violating a court order to stay away from a victim in an alleged domestic violence incident.

 
Mindboggling how deeply intent some people are invested in their own destruction.  Hopefully this guy has hit rock bottom and will seek help. If not, the only hope is that he doesn’t take others with him as he does himself in.  Very disheartening.  

 

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