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Aldon Smiths NFL career is probably over; Aldon Smiths NFL career is probably over
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Topic Started: Nov 6 2017, 01:43 PM (4 Views)
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Nov 6 2017, 01:43 PM
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When Aldon Smith is eligible to play another regular-season NFL game again, hell be 27. The next chance he gets to play a full 16-game season, hell be 28.He wont be a kid anymore. He wont have the benefit of the doubt that youth gives players, or of having lots of time left to make up for his mistakes. Ray Rice is 28. He probably will never play in the NFL again.MORE: 25 best NFL players under 25 | Aldon Smith banned oneyearSmith probably wont, either.The second-chance argument wont fly, at least not in NFL terms. Smith is way beyond that now. The one Marvin Jones Jr Jersey -year suspension handed down by the NFL late Tuesday, stemming from a DUI arrest in August, means he will mi s major chunks of four straight seasons, in the prime of his career. That includes the five games of leave given him by the 49ers after another DUI in 2013.At that time, he was le s than a week from his 24th birthday, and it was easy to see how, even if he didnt find sobriety and recovery on his first try, he had a long career ahead to find it and take on the sport at his best, instead of with more i sues to resolve.Smith last played a full 16-game season in 2012, the year the 49ers went to the Super Bowl. He was a big reason they went. He was 23.The Raiders turnaround was in at least some part due to his presence, to them taking a chance on him when the 49ers finally cut bait after his arrest. Hes 26 now.Yes, his age at all these stages of his career are important to note. The number keeps going up, and as it goes up, his chances that another team will trust him again goes down.DIAMOND: The Raiders rebuilt the right wayIts not his fault, of course, and that has to be made crystal-clear. This is not the Ziggy Ansah Jersey place to scold him for weakne s or poor discipline or lousy priorities or blown opportunities at the riches and glory of Akeem Spence Jersey NFL stardom. Aldon Smith cant handle his addictions. With DUIs, other lives are put in danger with that, not just his own.That screams out that he cant control this, not as easily as total strangers can lecture him about it.But none of that matters. It wont be a matter of whether teams believe in his character when hes eligible to play again in November 2016. It will be whether hes clean, and can stay clean.And, more important to them, how good a player he is when he gets back. He was good when he joined the Raiders. To a sume hell still be good a year from now is as dangerous as a suming hell even be ready to return then.Yes, at a certain cold, callous level, its a waste of immense talent. Its much more of a shame, though. Smiths life is hanging in the balance, and thats his first priority. But another big chunk of his very limited NFL career, one which can end on any one play even when hes fully healthy inside and out, is disappearing.Rices last NFL game took place when he was 26. Hes been eligible to play since a year ago next week, when he won his appeal of the NFLs post-elevator video suspension. He hasnt even gotten a workout with an NFL team since.To be fair, running backs are considered a dime a dozen these days, and elite pa s rushers are as valued as quarterbacks in some cases. Even with his pace slowed greatly the last two seasons in San Francisco and Oakland, he still has 47 1/2 sacks in 59 TJ Lang Jersey career games.Its po sible that some team will think of that next November, when Smith is reinstated (if he is).But if Aldon Smith isnt sure how much can change about your NFL future between 26 and 28, he can just ask Rice.MORE: NFL players arrested in 2015
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