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          Will Smith be suspended, cut, jailed?

          • Tom Carpenter, ESPN Staff WriterApr 18, 2014, 11:14 AM ET
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          ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter tweeted Friday morning that, "49ers are not expected to pick up the fifth-year option on LB Aldon Smith's contract, per league source."

          Read on for some thoughts on Smith's short- and long-term future with the Niners.

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          The San Francisco 49ers have been extremely patient with Aldon Smith and his off-field problems, but with his recent arrest at LAX and a trial on gun charges and a DUI coming up April 29, he is on thin ice with the NFL.