Aldon Smith had surgery on torn labrum a few weeks ago

Explains why he didn't break the sack record, which he should have

The fact that he didn't say anything, the fact that we didn't know he was playing on a torn labrum throughout the playoffs / Sb means to me that COWBOY has rubbed off on this kid


As 9er fans we should be holding him in the same esteem that we do with Ronnie chopping on his finger, Joe coming back from back surgery



This just impressed me so much given that he actually got a lot of pressure in the playoffs. On one arm.

Originally posted by fister30:
I had a torn labrum. The recovery was horrible and it took some time. I hope he is a quick healer.

He played beginning week 13 with it

That coincided with the lack of sacks

Originally posted by goldstandard333:

Originally posted by IdahoNiner:
Many people, including myself, called it several weeks before the playoffs. I cant remember if it was the miami, or the NE game, might have been before that, but alot of us knew he was hurt for sure.

He never seemed to be the same after/during the Saints game.

it was during his monster 5 1/2 sack game vs. the Bears where he hurt it. Sometime in November. november 9th? cant remember

Originally posted by 16to87:
http://www.ninersnation.com/2013/3/15/4110230/aldon-smith-surgery-torn-labrum-injury-49ers
with both smiths injured we were still a play away from winning it all

Don't forget that Brooks was also hurt before the SB.

Originally posted by Mrmann1:
So he had surgery about 3 weeks ago, they say torn labrum time table is about 6-7 months.. I'd say unless he does dumb. Stuff with his shoulder during recovery, he should be good to go by September 5th...rite? Hopefully our training staff gets him ahead of schedule....

A poster on another thread who seemed to know about labrum surgery said the recovery would be about 3 months. The last 6 weeks is strength training.

I had a feeling it was worse than a stinger. He was in the non contact practice jersey for weeks.

Our players getting surgery......that's the kind of news we get haha!!!!!

No issue. He will be 100% for training camp. That's what I am telling myself.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
All of our guys break because they don't have any depth and they don't rotate.

We do need more depth and then use that depth.

Shot from the locker room speach after the Divisional round - this was still when the rumors about his shoulder injury were swirling so I was quite surprised to see this at that time.

Originally posted by ForThe_Niners:
Shot from the locker room speach after the Divisional round - this was still when the rumors about his shoulder injury were swirling so I was quite surprised to see this at that time.

Aldon has no muscle mass in his chest, in that pic. He needs to hit the weights.

Originally posted by buck:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
All of our guys break because they don't have any depth and they don't rotate.

We do need more depth and then use that depth.

Yep . . . this is critical.

The Niners were very lucky with injuries in 2011. They trended more towards the norm in 2012, and we see what happened. The team played their starting DL for more snaps than any other team by a large margin. Many of us were pointing out the dangers of doing this. Sure . . . they were tearing it up for the first ten, twelve games and then it came back to bite them in the a$$.

Hopefully the FO and coaches will learn from this. There a lot of adoration of Baalke and Harbaugh. Most of it deserved. But they are NOT genuises just ordinary guys with good instincts and a belief in what they do. They are going to gain knowledge through experience. Right now, they are relatively inexperienced, but their heads, particularly Baalke's, are in the right place. Let's not forget that he has very able help in the teams COO.

Last year, giddy with rookie success, I believe that they made quite a few mistakes in the off-season. Baalke did good in trying to shore up their lack of depth in offensive skill positions, but that's all. he almost completely ignored the teams need to build depth and support for the DL . . . agruably a more critical need.

The draft was a real head scratcher. We don't know . . . maybe Baalke was so flustered by the fact that his real target in the first round, reported to be Bruce Irvin, was taken, that it effected all of his subsequent picks. But that was the case, he needed to adjust. IMO there is no doubting that the Niners would have been better off, then and now, with a solid pick on defense in the first or, at least, the second round. I believe that Baalke stumbled there . . . badly. they'll have to make up for it this year.

This year has started out better IMO. Boldin and Dorsey are both solid additions and better than any FA additions from last year. But the Niners need more to be done. I get a laugh out of a lot of commentators who keep saying that the Niners roster is stacked. That's just typical of the superficiality and complete lack of insight of those guys. The Niners are not stacked in criticall areas of need.

we need more players to rotate... we gonna kill those guys.... i hope Flemmings and C. Johnson (did i spell their names right?) show something this summer...

Originally posted by KK49:
we need more players to rotate... we gonna kill those guys.... i hope Flemmings and C. Johnson (did i spell their names right?) show something this summer...

those two are the wildcards. i am sure we will draft a linebacker and who knows whats up with harylson but i really think those two and looney will be players for us this year.

Originally posted by CdnNinerfan:

just a question how is training in MMA if he just had shoulder surgery?

My first thought. If he was hurt and needing surgery, what was that story all about? You don't start training a fighting sport when you are missing parts.

The timing is a head scratcher