On Friday, March 8, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported San Francisco 49ers linebacker Malcolm Smith restructured his contract and will remain with the team despite possibilities he’d be a cap casualty entering 2019.
The exact terms of the deal are not yet known.
Smith, who’ll turn 30 years old this offseason, initially was one of the Niners’ big-ticket free-agent signings back in 2017, signing a five-year, $26.5 million contract after two relatively disappointing years with the Oakland Raiders. The move made sense at the time, as then-newly minted defensive coordinator Robert Saleh worked with Smith when both were with the Seattle Seahawks, previously.