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ALAMEDA _ Malcolm Smith may not be the Raiders’ most indispensable defensive player, but you’d never know it by the participation chart.
When the opponent has the ball, Smith can be found in the middle of things, almost never on the sideline.
Over the past seven games, Smith hasn’t missed a single snap on defense, and has been off the field for only eight plays in 13 games.
“I come from a place where I was starving for snaps,. Now I get a ton of ’em,” Smith said Tuesday.