NFL suspends Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith for one year

Damond TalbotNovember 17, 2015

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Today the NFL suspended Oakland Raiders outside linebacker Aldon Smith for a year. Smith was arrested in August and is now just getting punished by the NFL.

Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith has been suspended

Mike Garafolo reports that Smith’s suspension starts right now and is for a calendar year.

Garafolo adds that Smith’s suspension is for a violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy following his DUI arrest this summer.

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