Fangio on Alex Smith: “He was browbeaten by everybody until we
got here.”    When you saw LB Aldon Smith get back on the
practice field, did it look like the same guy that you saw five,
six weeks ago?  “Not quite. He was a little rusty, obviously,
from the six-week layoff. But, I expect him to get it back very
quickly. He’s not like a guy coming off of an injury that he’s
got to overcome. He’s just got to overcome inactivity. But, six
weeks is a fairly long time, but I don’t think not that long to
where he can’t get back into the swing of things pretty
quickly.”   Can he play on certain downs on Sunday, you think?
Are you comfortable with him playing Sunday?  “Pardon me?”   Are
you comfortable with him playing Sunday?  “Yeah, absolutely.”
Was he out there at practice this morning?    Will he
play Sunday?  “I’m sure he’ll play some. You know, we’re
monitoring the situation. If nothing happens between now and
then, I’m anticipating that. But, nothing’s been etched in stone
yet.”   Why wouldn’t he play just ev