The San Francisco 49ers have been disappointing at the outside linebacker position for a long time now, and for varying reasons. When Aldon Smith was taken in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, he drew just as many "Who?" comments as A.J. Jenkins did. Fortunately, Smith is many times over the player that Jenkins is but unfortunately, Smith has had multiple off-the-field issues.
Smith is the kind of player with the talent to make headlines every week, it's just that he's not playing every week. We should be talking about Smith in the same way we see people talking about players like J.