Darren McFadden Has Yet To Deliver As Advertised

before he has no value at all … he will never be an impact palyer at this level unless u put him as our returner and third down back or maybe in the slot more and even if he succeeds at that role he will be grossly over paid so if u can trade him i would go as low as a third rounder

A former first rounder for a third rounder? Who’s gonna take on his contract and wouldn’t he have to have better trade value by producing and beginning to show signs of his former college self not too many teams will be really interested especially if he can’t stay healthy.

I admit that I was in favor of drafting him when we did, but the pick hasn’t worked out. Injuries have been a problem and there is no denying that he hasn’t been as effective as Michael Bush, and perhaps even Justin Fargas.

I would look into trading him, yeah, but but Walker is right. It’s going to be tough to trade him.

I think we’ve learned our lesson and that is taking running backs high is a high-risk, high-reward kind of a thing. It’s worked out well for Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson, arguably the two best running backs in the league right now. They were both first-round selections; however, there are good running backs that can be drafted in later rounds. Michael Turner was drafted in the fifth round, Darren Sproles was drafted in the fourth round and our very own Michael Bush was taken in round four. Take a look at the Dallas Cowboys’ running back situation. Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice were taken in the later rounds.

With all of that said, I don’t know what to do with Darren McFadden right now. I think with our ineptitude at the wide receiver spot, I’d continue to line him up out there. He’s clearly best-utilized in space so he can use his speed. Bush and Fargas have shown the ability to run the ball well over the past few weeks with a healthy offensive line.

Why not let him return? Or reveres? SCREENS??! Ok then lets just go up the gut with him…………..

and am kind of pleased to see we’re finally doing that. Was watching the game Thanksgiving with my brother, a Cowboys fan (yeah, it was painful) who was unhappy with how his team didn’t use Felix Jones in a similar fashion enough. As a wideout, specifically, and in multiple back sets, and the wild hog, or frog, or cat. He’s big, and it would seem could create a nice blocking mismatch to clear another back on some plays. You see Ronnie Brown lead block for Ricky Williams and vice versa. I’m sure it has everything to do with why they’re among the leads to rushing attack week after week.

It’s true we missed out on most of Darren’s first season due to the turf toe, and his durability has been in question since. We also can’t seem to get the ball to any of our weapons with much success or consistency anyway, so having him out there is a moot point.

On a team executing better, with a more balanced attack, we would see McFadden have some success; his weaknesses wouldn’t be as glaring. Instead, we see him used the wrong ways, with the box stacked, with him trying to the turn the corner when he should be squaring up and trying to run off tackle up the back of the tackle whether the hole is there or not. His poor balance is amplified and teams see all they have to do is hit him while he’s accelerating and before he turns upfield. If he does, all they have to do is touch his legs-anywhere—and he’s tripped up. If we could actually get him squared up against the secondary when its not locked in on the run, he could run some guys over when he’s downhill. We haven’t successfully gotten him downhill a lot this year, be it from injured line, poor execution, bad calls, or a combination of it all.

I agree, thus far, he is unproven, and could turn out, largely, a disappointment for us. He’s still an exciting player, who can be dangerous given opportunities. It’s not his fault he hasn’t been given a lot of opportunities. If indeed he remains a question mark in the durability department, then getting what we can for him now would be the right decision.

For now I think he remains a dangerous compliment to an offense if they can use him right. It’s too bad we have to question if we can do anything right offensively week to week.

It’s not his fault he hasn’t been given a lot of opportunities.

I’m wondering if that’s not cuz he does fall over right away and is hurt a lot. He missed four games this season because of a knee injury he suffered against the Houston Texans on Oct. 4 that required surgery. Last year 2 turf toes.

Give him 20 carries a game and see what happens.

I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!

Good thing we didn’t trade away Fargus like everyone on here wanted to do. You can mark this down as Al Davis’s 2nd worse draft pick of all time.