ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that the San Francisco 49ers would have released star linebacker Aldon Smith if he didn’t agree to a new revised contract.
Per a league source, the 49ers would have released Smith in lieu of allowing his fifth-year base salary to become fully guaranteed. According to the source, Smith wasn’t going to get on the open market a contract similar to the revised deal he signed.
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