On Tuesday, the Raiders got the news that their premiere pass rusher, Aldon Smith, would be suspended for a year. Now, they must answer the tough question of how to replace him.
The short answer to this question is they don't. There isn't a player on this team who can aptly fill the void left by Aldon Smith. All the Raiders can do now is use what they have. Which isn't much.
"Obviously we've got to make an adjustment," Jack Del Rio said of losing Smith. "There's several guys that have played in that role and it's likely that those guys will get called on to play a little bit more.