Running Back Situation

People continue to say the Darren needs to return kicks and punts. It takes more than just pure speed to return the ball. I do agree with you other evaluations. And McFadden should see more time at slot. But he needs to learn to catch better also.

is the easy answer. I still don’t understand why Cable wasted 10 rushes that could have gone to Bush on Fargas.

he’s a faster and more elusive Jamal Lewis.

I’m actually thinking we should trade McFadden. He goes down if you just touch him, often tripping over his own two feet. he struggles to fight for tough yards and will fall backwards on nearly every play. needs to become a much stronger tougher runner. Until then he’s pretty useless since he just goes down far too easily to be useful.

We could definitely get good value out of him and there’s plenty of speedy running backs to draft/sign.

Mcfadden is a great player. All running backs except for a few exceptions like Jones-Drew, need a good team around them to do good. Look at LT, he is fading away in his career but has a great line and a good QB who can make good throws and set him up so he can run it well

I was very excited when we drafted him and then for him being healthy this year (ha!) and we have really only had three decent games that I can remember (KC, Houston and Denver last year) Bush has proven to be a far more consistent back in the same time frame. I also have really liked the way Fargas has run and sets a good example for how the whole team SHOULD play. At this point I would probably use McFadden as a utility player and get him more involved in the short passing game which at this stage is where he is most effective.