ALAMEDA –The Raiders are attempting to move on following Aldon Smith’s year-long suspension that caught some members of the locker room by surprise.

“When we signed him, I thought it was done with,” said quarterback Derek Carr, who said he didn’t know all the specifics surrounding Smith’s off-the-field trouble. “I had no clue (the suspension) was going to happen, so that was hard, but it is what it is.”

Veteran safety Charles Woodson was in the same boat.

“I don’t think after he signed, nobody even gave it much thought about it even being a possibility of him being suspended,” Woodson said on a conference call with Detroit media ahead of Sunday’s game with the Lions. “So I’m pretty shocked, much like everybody else.”

The locker room carried a somber tone for the second straight day now that Smith’s suspension has been announced. It was 24 hours earlier that teammates began learning of the punishment as Smith went around the room saying his goodbyes.

“It’s a big hit,” fellow pass rusher Khalil Mack said. “Knowing the impact that he has as a player on this defense, it’s going to be a big hit. But we’re going to keep the ball rolling.”

Mack, who called Smith a “great person, a great teammate, a great friend” was one person who said he wasn’t surprised by the suspension.

“You kind of knew something was going eventually to happen,” Mack said. “But at the same time, there’s not really too much focus that’s trying to be on that right now. We’ve got to get ready for Detroit and he knows it.”

Coach Jack Del Rio, trying to deflect as much as possible something he termed “yesterday’s news” compared Smith’s suspension to losing a player to injury.

“You adjust, you move on, that’s what we’re doing,” Del Rio said.

Asked who might step up in Smith’s absence, Del Rio offered only, “a capable player.”

“I’m not going to get into it from a game-planning standpoint,” Del Rio continued. “I understand the desire to know, but it doesn’t help us, our football team, to put Raider business out there. Obviously, we’ve got to make an adjustment. There are several guys that have played in that role. It’s likely that those guys will be called on to play a little bit more.”

Defensive tackle Dan Williams agreed.

“Time for somebody to step up and take his spot,” Williams said. “Very unfortunate, but at the same time we’ve still got another seven games to play. Hate that we have to play without him, but everybody’s mindset is just getting back to work and making sure we can make a nice little run with these last seven games.”

Mario Edwards Jr. figures to see his role expand again, with Lions coach Jim Caldwell saying on his conference call with local media that he’d expect the Raiders to line him up as an outside pass rusher to help fill Smith’s void.

“They’ve had him rushing inside,” Caldwell said of Edwards. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t end up outside because he can rush either place, inside or out.”

Edwards said he doesn’t know how his role will be impacted yet.

“Whatever they ask me to do, I’m pretty much up for it,” Edwards said. “If they need more from me, I’m willing to do it.”

Staff writer Jerry McDonald contributed to this report.

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