Source: NFL won't reinstate Aldon Smith from suspension, will revisit case in March

— -- The NFL has decided not to reinstate Oakland Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith and will not revisit his case until March 15, a source confirmed to ESPN's Adam Schefter on Friday.

The delay, first reported by Pro Football Talk, came after Smith applied for reinstatement following a one-year suspension for violating NFL rules on substance abuse.

Smith's suspension was due to end Nov. 17, and he applied for reinstatement Oct. 3.

Commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier this month that there was no timeline for any resolution on Smith's case; he also said that he had met with the linebacker.

In a November email from NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, Smith's suspension fell "under the collectively bargained substances of abuse policy" and thus "the player must provide all documentation and follow the procedures set forth in the policy," McCarthy wrote.

Smith spent 120 days at a rehabilitation facility in Carbondale, Colorado, according to Schefter, after a Periscope video on an account purportedly belonging to Smith showed an unidentified man and woman talking about a hand-rolled cigarette. Smith denied it was him in the video, which was posted over the summer.

The NFL was going to investigate the video, according to ESPN's Ed Werder, since it might have violated the terms of Smith's suspension.

The Raiders, who could have no formal contact with Smith under the terms of the suspension, re-signed him to a two-year contract in April following his 3.5 sacks in nine games for Oakland in 2015.