According to Dave Richard of CBSSports.com, Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden has been looking good so far during Tuesday’s minicamp session. Multiple reports have stated that McFadden looks healthy and isn’t limited at all while running the ball out of the back field as well as running pass routes down the sideline.
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Clint’s fantasy football preview: running backs
Here are my rankings for the top 25 running backs in fantasy football for 2012 1. Arian Foster, Houston Texans After Foster’s spectacular, out-of-nowhere campaign in 2010 (2,220 yards from scrimmage and 18 touchdowns), he followed it up with impressive numbers in 2011 (1,841 yards from scrimmage and 12 touchdowns) even after having missed a [...]
READ MORE »Darren McFadden is making cuts at full speed
According to NFL.com, Oakland Raiders running backs coach Kelly Skipper has stated that Darren McFadden is making cuts at full speed on the field. “The thing about Darren is he didn’t have any major surgeries, so he’s able to come back here healthy and he’s playing at a high level right now and it’s offseason,” [...]
READ MORE »Raiders confirm Darren McFadden is healthy
In a Q&A with Tim Tawakami of the Mercury News, Oakland Raiders head coach Dennis Allen confirmed that running back Darren McFadden is healthy after his season was cut short in 2011 with a Lisfranc injury. Allen was asked if McFadden will be going at full speed during the next mini-camp. “There’s no crystal ball [...]
READ MORE »Dennis Allen on Darren McFadden: “He’s back and ready to go”
A couple of days ago we mentioned that Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden said that he’s feeling pretty good after suffering a Lisfranc injury this past season. Vittorio Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle said that Raiders head coach Dennis Allen has heard good things from the training staff about McFadden’s recovery. “I am [...]
READ MORE »Darren McFadden is “feeling pretty good now” after Lisfranc injury
Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden appeared on Sirius XM NFL Radio and confirmed that he indeed suffered a Lisfranc injury last season. “It’s a long recovery from a Lisfranc injury,” he said. “… But I’m feeling pretty good now.” Even though McFadden has been plagued with injuries during his career so far, he doesn’t [...]
READ MORE »Darren Mcfadden is 100 percent healthy
According to Steve Corkran of the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden is 100 percent healthy and will be ready to go for OTA’s and training camp, after suffering a Lis Franc injury that derailed the 2011 season for him. The Raiders will need McFadden to stay healthy for next season, since [...]
READ MORE »Raiders want to keep Michael Bush
According to ProFootballWeekly.com, even though the Oakland Raiders are confident that running back Darren McFadden will be healthy and ready to go for next season, they would like to re-sign Michael Bush as an insurance policy to McFadden. We know Bush would love to go to a team where has a shot at becoming a [...]
READ MORE »Raiders don’t plan on trading Darren McFadden
During Friday’s press conference at the NFL scouting combine, Oakland Raiders head coach Dennis Allen confirmed that running back Darren McFadden is a part of their plans going forward. There were some rumors that the Raiders might trade McFadden, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at the moment. “As far as I’m concerned [...]
READ MORE »Michael Bush is likely done in Oakland
According to Steve Corkran of the Contra Costa Times, the Oakland Raiders will likely not place the franchise tag on running back Michael Bush, since it would allocate about $7.7 million for next season to a guy that’s not even a starter. Corkran also doesn’t believe Bush will want to sign a long term deal [...]
READ MORE »Raiders can’t keep McFadden and Bush
The Oakland Raiders will be forced to deal with a big dilemma this offseason at the running back position. It will be very difficult for them to keep Darren McFadden and re-sign Michael Bush. For salary cap reasons they will either need to let Bush walk in free agency or sign him and trade McFadden. [...]
READ MORE »Raiders will likely play tag with Michael Bush
We mentioned in a previous article that the Oakland Raiders may decide to trade away running back Darren McFadden. Which we believe would make a lot of sense because of his injury history and the fact that they need more then McFadden to become a contender. Whether or not the Raiders trade McFadden, I believe [...]
READ MORE »Raiders could decide to trade McFadden
According to Steve Corkran of the Contra Costa Times, the best way for the Oakland Raiders to accumulate more draft picks might be for general manager Reggie McKenzie to trade running back Darren McFadden. It would make a lot of sense to deal McFadden away, since he’s had trouble staying healthy and the Raiders already [...]
READ MORE »Darren McFadden slowly working his way back
According to Vittorio Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden jogged with a training during practice on Tuesday. “He was moving around, so that’s a good thing,” said Raiders head coach Hue on Tuesday. “We can’t run from that. I told you I’m not hiding him, that’s for sure. He’s [...]
READ MORE »Raiders’ Moore practices, McFadden & Ford still out
The good news for the Oakland Raiders is that wide receiver Denarius Moore returned to practice on Wednesday. He’s been out since November 20th when he injured his foot and ankle against the Vikings. Both wide receiver Jacoby Ford and running back Taiwan Jones didn’t suit up for practice, but did some work on the [...]
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