Coming into the 2020 season, Aldon Smith was an enigma. The 31-year-old pass-rusher had been out of football since 2015, making it five years since he last took a snap in the NFL. When the Dallas Cowboys signed Smith, they believed he could replicate some of the production he had when he first entered the league, like recording 42.0 sacks in his first three seasons.
At the start of the 2020 campaign, Smith looked a whole lot like the All-Pro version of himself we saw in San Francisco. In the Cowboys’ first five games, Smith recorded 16 total tackles, 15 quarterback pressures, eight quarterback hits, and three sacks.