More trouble for Aldon Smith (SF) (1 Viewer)

[Aaron Rudnicki]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/49ers-Aldon-Smith-Faces-Felony-Weapons-Charges-DA-227093931.html

Sources told the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit the Santa Clara County District Attorney has filed three felony charges of possession of assault weapons against 49ers All-Pro Linebacker Aldon Smith. The charges stem from a 2012 house party hosted by Smith where he was stabbed and two others were shot.

Smith is currently on “indefinite leave” from the 49ers after San Jose Police arrested him at 7 a.m. on Sept. 20 on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana.

That arrest came about two weeks after the NBC Bay Investigative Unit first broke details of two civil lawsuits against Smith after two guests at his party were shot last June.

The lawsuit never claims Smith was the shooter but does want to hold him responsible because the injured guests were shot at his 8,000 square foot home in the foothills east of San Jose.

Details of the civil suit accuse Smith of firing weapons and owning illegal firearms. The lawsuits said Smith’s party was advertised on the Internet and ended with guests running from his house after a series of shots were fired.

After his DUI arrest, Smith still played in a Sept. 22 game against the Indianapolis Colts, where the 49ers lost, 27-7.

Following the game, Smith addressed the media: "I will do everything in my power to make sure this never happens again. "I also want to let everyone know that I'm sorry."

 

[Hoss Style]

Eeesh... Either this will wake him up or he'll spiral downward from here.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

So he never had a weapon, just a house?

Parties (and the dumbsh:t that goes with it) happen.

Safe to assume this is part of what led him and the team to get him into rehab/counseling.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

(Rotoworld) Coach Jim Harbaugh said OLB Aldon Smith (personal) will re-join the team in the next "couple of weeks."

According to Harbaugh, "things are going very well." Smith, who has 30 sacks in his first 35 NFL games, left the team in Week 3 and could return following the Week 9 bye.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

oh I thought there was even more trouble

 

[BigSteelThrill]

oh I thought there was even more trouble

I was hoping to keep it "sneaky" for the actual IDP posters here.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

wondersmith powers activate!!

 

[jbz]

anyone plugging him in right away? I assume he doesn't start but gets pass rushing reps, similar to his rookie year

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

I would prefer not to start him right away but I might get stuck doing it just because of roster juggling and byes

 

[jbz]

Same predicament for me. With byes and limited movement space on my bench, I probably have to start him or drop and lose him to waivers. He's worth the potential zero if he eventually is back full time come fantasy playoffs.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Same predicament for me. With byes and limited movement space on my bench, I probably have to start him or drop and lose him to waivers. He's worth the potential zero if he eventually is back full time come fantasy playoffs.

Ouch. He was #1 in ppg of all defensive players in my leagues. Would be near impossible for me to cut him, since we are so close to his return.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

I'm hoping this is the usual coach talking out his ###

 

[BigSteelThrill]

(KFFL) San Francisco 49ers LB Aldon Smith returned to practice with his teammates Tuesday, Nov. 5. Smith said he was able to "get a real good workout in a couple of days a week" when he was away from the team for five weeks. LB Ahmad Brooks said Smith looks good, and he was impressed with his workouts so far this week. However, it's undecided if Smith will return to action in Week 10 against the Carolina Panthers. "I've grown a lot and I'm still growing," Smith said. "I came into the league on the young side of things, and I've just taken every free chance I've gotten to get better and grow."

San Francisco’s fellow defensive co-captain, defensive tackle Justin Smith, said Smith looked “ready to go.”

 

[Max Power]

He is going to dress, but is he safe to put back into lineups?

 

[Bracie Smathers]

He is going to dress, but is he safe to put back into lineups?

ROTO says he's going to play so I think he will play.

Smith is expected to take the field Sunday versus the Panthers, Bill Williamson of ESPN.com reports.
Spin:
Following five weeks in a facility in order to deal with a substance-abuse problem, Smith seems poised to play for the first time since Week 3. If he returns, the team's leading sack artist with 4.5 would provide a much-needed punch to a defense that has produced just five sacks in the past four contests.Here is what he did in the three games that he played.

He posted, very-good stats so if he's in football shape I would expect him to do very-well.

- game 1 against the Pack

5 tackles 1.5 sacks

- Seattle

7 tackles 2 sacks

- Indianapolis (the week he 'alledgedly' crashed his car after drinking till 5 AM when he still made it to the facility for practice that day and where he was suspended directly after the game)

6 tackles 1 sack

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

Per a league source, the plan currently is to ease Aldon in, with Smith expected to participate in a maximum of 20 to 25 percent of the defensive snaps.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/08/niners-plan-to-ease-aldon-smith-back-in/related/

edit: ross miles is of the opinion that smith plays the bulk of the game

 

[Special Delivery]

I'm going up against a couple of sack artists in an big play friendly league with sacks as a separate head to head category. Also a little desperate with Justin Houston out for the week. So I'm kind of stuck. But, I don't really trust the PFT report stating he is 'expected' to only play 20-25% of the snaps either. Who expects this isn't really addressed?

I still dont love having to do it this week with him being gone so long. But don't feel awful about it either. If he looks good on the field he probably isn't coming off. And, if they're blowing Carolina out, I'd think logic dictates they'd opt to give him more work and not less considering what he's coming back from, ie not surgery or a broken bone.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Not this week.

He only was in the game for about a dozen snaps.

Production?

Zilch.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/11/aldon-smith-plays-sparingly-in-return-to-49ers-lineup/

Aldon Smith plays sparingly in return to 49ers lineupPosted by Josh Alper on November 11, 2013, 6:43 AM EST

The 49ers got linebacker Aldon Smith back this week after his stay in rehab, but Smith’s presence in the lineup turned out to be a minimal one.

Smith played just two snaps in the first half of the game and about 12 snaps overall in San Francisco’s 10-9 loss to the Panthers. That’s a big drop from the role he was playing before he left the team and the 49ers pass rush did well without a heavy dose of Smith.

They sacked Cam Newton four times and pressured him several other times in a loss that has to be pinned almost entirely on an ineffective offense. Smith said after the game that he wanted to play more although he knew that wouldn’t happen in his first game back.

“Yeah, I was aware that I wasn’t going to play too much,” Smith said, via the Sacramento Bee.

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said that Smith’s playing time was designed to ease him back into the lineup rather than any kind of punishment. Activating Smith and then not playing him as a punitive measure would make as much sense as cutting off one’s nose to spite their face, so you’d expect to see more of Smith in the future.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

49er DC Vic Fangio said of Aldon Smith, "He will play a lot."

 

[jbz]

Putting him in.

 

[Polish Hammer]

Does Aldon getting more snaps affect Willis one way or another?

 

[Diamond]

You wouldn't think so, but perhaps it did weeks 1 and 3:

Wk 1 vs GB - Willis 85%, Smith 100%, Brooks 95%, Bowman 92%

Wk 2 @ SEA - Willis 93%, Bowman 100%, Brooks 92%, Smith 91%

Wk 3 vs IND - Willis 67%, Smith 100%, Bowman 100%, Brooks 100%

Though I think week 3 was the week Willis got hurt. He missed weeks 4+5, 85% wk 6 (ARI), 100% wk 7 (TEN),8 (JAX), and 10 (CAR). Smith out after week 3, 18% wk 10

Seems they were taking Willis off in nickel and/or dime situations. 3 WRs sets rampant in GB, IND, ARI and now NO. Not so much in SEA, TEN, JAX, and CAR. Hmmmm. But I would still think them crazy/stupid to take a healthy Willis off the field.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

I think I remember him off in dime last year, but maybe I don't remember that right.

anyway, how much production would you really get out of him in 5-10 dime snaps?

 

[Diamond]

Perhaps the one big play of the game?

Anyway, 3-4 DE Ray McDonald is out of this game. Who's his backup?

Possibly opens up a space for a sack specialist with the 3 other LBs.