San Francisco 49ers: Why the Team Needs to Cut Ties with Aldon Smith

It doesn't matter how talented you are sometimes. In the NFL, you can be out of a job at any time if you provide a big enough distraction.

The San Francisco 49ers have Super Bowl aspirations and cannot afford to keep linebacker Aldon Smith, the former First-Team All Pro, who is a stud pass-rusher and was perhaps the second-best defensive player in the league in 2012 behind J.J. Watt.