Ex-Raider Napoleon Kaufman likes what he sees in Darren McFadden

The comparisons flowed forth soon after the Raiders selected running back Darren McFadden with the fourth pick of the 2008 NFL draft.

[RaiderFaith]

Got a feeling its gonna be a good year!

[josh]

i think mcfadden just might be the biggest bust in this draft. i think he definitely has a chance to be good. but could be just all hype to. kind of like reggie bush. i still believe he could be a good player if the saints use him right unlike last year before mccalister got hurt.

[RaiderFaith]

Won't matter, we still have Fargas and Bush.

josh wrote:

i think mcfadden just might be the biggest bust in this draft. i think he definitely has a chance to be good. but could be just all hype to. kind of like reggie bush. i still believe he could be a good player if the saints use him right unlike last year before mccalister got hurt.

[alohawg]

josh wrote:

i think mcfadden just might be the biggest bust in this draft. i think he definitely has a chance to be good. but could be just all hype to. kind of like reggie bush. i still believe he could be a good player if the saints use him right unlike last year before mccalister got hurt.

Everybody thinks something I guess. Be interesting to hear what defensive coordinators and their players think in a few months.
4.27 forty anyone...

[mike moran]

no no no. McFadden did not receive hype like reggie bush did. It was unthinkable to reggie bush not to go overall number 1. McFadden was seen as a top 10 sort of back. But so was AP last year! Nobody was saying he was gonna have such an instant impact. So here is the final verdict... It depends on the player. Reggie Bush doesnt run hard in the pros like he did in college, AP plays each play like its his last and wont be around in another 5 years and D Mc Fad is a question mark.

josh wrote:

i think mcfadden just might be the biggest bust in this draft. i think he definitely has a chance to be good. but could be just all hype to. kind of like reggie bush. i still believe he could be a good player if the saints use him right unlike last year before mccalister got hurt.

[TexasRaider]

mike moran wrote:

no no no. McFadden did not receive hype like reggie bush did. It was unthinkable to reggie bush not to go overall number 1. McFadden was seen as a top 10 sort of back. But so was AP last year! Nobody was saying he was gonna have such an instant impact. So here is the final verdict... It depends on the player. Reggie Bush doesnt run hard in the pros like he did in college, AP plays each play like its his last and wont be around in another 5 years and D Mc Fad is a question mark.
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AP had injury question marks next to him last year too. I don't think Reggie Bush has the support around him with the Saints that he had at USC. I remember in 2001, I believe, Arizona and Cleveland passed on a running back named Ladainian Tomlinson and I know for a fact that Browns fans are still pondering over that; I work with one that can't stand to hear the name Gerrard Warren because he is the guy they took over LT and he still can't believe it.

[mike moran]

Or how about a guy named Tony Mandrich, aka "The Incredible Bulk". The green bay packers took this absolute bust of an offensive lineman who was out of football 2 years later ahead of Deion AND Barry Sanders. ahahha. Still gives me a chuckle.

TexasRaider wrote:

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AP had injury question marks next to him last year too. I don't think Reggie Bush has the support around him with the Saints that he had at USC. I remember in 2001, I believe, Arizona and Cleveland passed on a running back named Ladainian Tomlinson and I know for a fact that Browns fans are still pondering over that; I work with one that can't stand to hear the name Gerrard Warren because he is the guy they took over LT and he still can't believe it.