Raiders defensive depth chart if season started today

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The Las Vegas Raiders focused heavily on defense in free agency, overhauling much of it from last year. They may look to fill out the depth chart a bit more before the draft, but most likely the starters won't change. Let's take a look at what that defense looks like right now.

DEF
NT	Jonah Laulu	JJ Pegues	Brodric Martin
DE	Adam Butler	Tonka Hemingway	Treven Ma'ae
DE	Kwity Paye	Tyree Wilson
OLB	Maxx Crosby	Jahfari Harvey
OLB	Malcolm Koonce	Charles Snowden
LB	Quay Walker	Tommy Eichenberg	Jamin Davis
LB	Nakobi Dean	Cody Lindenberg	Brennan Jackson
CB	Darien Porter	Kyu Blu Kelly
CB	Eric Stokes	Decamerion Richardson
SCB	Taron Johnson	Chigozie Anusiem
SS	Jeremy Chinn	Christopher Smith II
FS	Isaiah Pola-Mao	Terrell Edmunds

This is a new scheme from what the Raiders ran last year, so they will have to attempt to fit many of their current players into this new scheme. That makes for some uncertainty about where they thing some guys fit best. Mostly that applies to the defensive line and edge rushers.

They added Kwity Paye when they thought Maxx Crosby was gone. Now they must co-exist. Hence why Paye -- who is better vs the run than the pass -- is playing inside here. And Laulu, despite not being a great fit at nose tackle, is put there just to get the best five on the line. The closest to an ideal nose tackle the Raiders have is JJ Pegues, while they have a glut of 3-tech DTs which typically translate to 5-tech DE in a 3-4.

Got a couple new faces on special teams too.

K	Matt Gay
P	AJ Cole
LS	Alex Ward

Also see: Raiders Offensive Depth Chart​

This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders defensive depth chart with free agent additions plugged in

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