Editor's note: Here is the fourth installment of a five-part series on the organization’s top offseason priorities.
Linebacker was a position of perceived strength heading into last season, a belief that quickly proved false.
Sio Moore fell out of favor with head coach Jack Del Rio and was traded. Ray-Ray Armstrong didn’t work out and was eventually cut. Curtis Lofton went from three-down linebacker to role player posthaste.
Malcolm Smith was the only player to pan out. He proved a vital cog in the Raiders defense, recording 122 tackles, four sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception in a whopping 1,162 defensive snaps.