The San Francisco 49ers released wide receiver Torrey Smith on Monday, and it would appear that Quinton Patton will not be returning to the 49ers either. Patton is a free agent, and Steve Berman noticed a string of tweets from Patton that would suggest he is not pleased.
We could make other assumptions, but the easiest one is that Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch told Patton the team will not be looking to bring him back.
As passionate as Patton has been, it would not exactly be a shocking development to see the new management team decide to move on.