49ers would have cut Aldon Smith if he hadn’t taken revised deal

So why did 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith swap out a potentially fully-guaranteed $9.754 million salary in 2015 for a package of non-guaranteed roster bonuses and other payments that total a maximum of $9.754 million? The simple answer is that’s the best deal he was going to get, anywhere. Smith’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, told Matt Maiocco…