11 things that have happened in the NFL since Aldon Smith last played

Aldon Smith is returning to the NFL as a Dallas Cowboy after being out of the league since 2015.

The Niners turned things around

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From 2016-18, the San Francisco 49ers, Smith’s first team, won a grand total of 12 games. That changed drastically in 2019 when Kyle Shanahan led SF to a 13-win season that culminated in a trip to the Super Bowl.