Aldon Smith, who has missed the San Francisco 49ers' first nine games for violations of the league's substance abuse and personal conduct policies, is officially back with the team for the first time this season.
Smith, a fourth-year outside linebacker, was the first target of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's post-Ray Rice justice. Smith had committed a variety of offenses over the months prior to the start of the 2014 season, from weapons charges to DUI to an alleged bomb threat, and Goodell levied the nine-game suspension in the wake of criticism that he had gone too easy on Rice for a domestic-violence incident.
"There’s consequences for our actions, good and bad," 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh said in announcing Smith's return. "Good consequences for good action. And there’s accountability. He has served that. He has done that. Look forward to moving forward in a fresh, clean slate."
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