Cowboys Aldon Smith says hes an overall better person after reinstatement still feels young and fresh

is back in the NFL. The veteran pa s rusher had been suspended indefinitely due to i sues stemming from his struggles with alcoholism, but sources tell CBS Sports league commi sioner Roger Goodell , clearing his path for what might be a redemptive year in a uniform Andre Roberson Jersey . The club signed the former All-Pro to a one-year deal that includes a base salary of $2 million along with another $2 million in performance escalators, to continue walking the path he's currently on. It's a low-risk, potentially (very) high reward agreement for the Cowboys, and Smith is now champing at the bit to prove he's defeated his demons.At one point, Smith's addiction put him into a tailspin that led to , but that's not how he wants to be remembered -- nor as yet another NFL player with generational talent that went to waste. Now carrying a chiseled 290-pound frame, and with the endorsement of Mike McCarthy, Jerry Jones and a reunion with defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, Smith told TMZ Sports about this time around."I'm an overall better person than I was back then ," Smith said.Goodell clearly agrees, and wants Smith to become a testimonial for the NFL, as it works to turn the corner on its understanding of and handling of mental illne s Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot Jersey and addiction. He now gets to chance to become that on the most-viewed stage in all of football, and for those who wonder if he can return from a multi-year absence -- having not played since 2015 -- and return Kyrie Irving Jersey to his dominant ways, Smith said have no fear.He's rested, focused and has a rabid appetite for quarterbacks."God has ble sed me with talent," he said. "And, one of the talents is my natural gift to play ball, to be an athlete. I still feel young. I don't have the mileage on my body."I still feel great when I go to the gym. I still feel young and fresh. So, if anything, I'm looking forward to what I'm going to be able to do out there. I got 20 sacks -- 19.5 (technically), I say 20 because it was 20. But, I was able to play at a high level with a lot of other things going on in DeAndre Jordan Jersey my life."With how life is for me now, I'm just looking forward to seeing what I can do."Smith racked up 44 sacks in only 30 starts under Tomsula in San Francisco, mushrooming into one of the best pa s rushers in the entire NFL before his off-the-field i sues caught up with him. That's the version he expects to see return to the field in 2020 and, if it does, the Cowboys' pa s rush won't mi s a beat after also helping to rebuild brand only one season prior, although under different circumstances."My goal is to pick up where I left off," Smith said. "That just means I always work hard. I always play hard. I want the same thing out of my teammates and I'm sure those guys in the locker room feel the same way, and with that mentality, the sky is the limit. I think as Chris Chiozza Jersey long as we do what we need to do and everybody plays to their potential, anything's po sible."