Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith is expected to be reinstated in March, so long as he remains compliant with the league’s substance abuse policy after violations of it led to his current banishment.

That news was reported on Sunday, via the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, and a day later Smith spoke on Instagram Live in a couple of quick videos.

“I’m back,” Smith said in one of the videos, “and there’s nobody who can stop me. You already know it. Raider Nation, we got this s—.”

Quick clip of Aldon Smith on IG Live: "I'm back, and there's nobody who can stop me." #Raiders (small NSFW language warning) pic.twitter.com/VSbNOS1hoW — Jimmy Durkin (@Jimmy_Durkin) February 6, 2017

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Raiders’ Khalil Mack wins AP Defensive Player of the Year by a single vote Smith didn’t say much else in the videos, other than replying to a question by saying, “Yeah, I’m ready” and laughing at a few of the other comments that strolled in.

Assuming Smith stays out of trouble and is reinstated in March as expected, he’d be back in time to join the Raiders for their offseason training program as well as organized team activities and mini-camps. Smith has been out of football since his league banishment was handed down Nov. 17, 2015. League rules prevent him from working out at the facility and being involved with the team.

His return to the Raiders, who he played nine games for in 2015 before the suspension was handed down, would be a boost to a defense that finished last in the NFL in sacks last year despite the presence of NFL Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack.

Mack paced the Raiders with 11.0 sacks and outside linebacker Bruce Irvin added 7.0, but they had just 25 sacks as a team and failed to generate any interior pressure. Adding Smith to the mix would allow the Raiders to better take advantage of Mack’s versatility by using him as an inside rusher at times with Smith and Irvin on the outside.

That’s all just hypothetical though until Smith gets cleared to return and he and the Raiders are clearly hopeful that will happen soon.