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The Raiders got great news on Tuesday as running back Darren McFadden practiced for the first time in more than two weeks. Reports say that the guy expected to be the teams feature back in 2010 will make his preseason debut this weekend against the 49′ers.
McFadden ran with the Raiders’ first-team offense, breaking off [...]

CBS Sports reports that RB Darren McFadden should be back this week from his hammy injury that has kept him out of the first two preseason games.
RB Darren McFadden missed the first two exhibition games with a hamstring injury, but he’s likely to return to practice Tuesday. McFadden is competing for the starting job with [...]

RB Darren McFadden left the field with trainers Saturday during a team drill in practice. However, head coach Tom Cable shrugged it off, calling it merely tightness in his legs. “No injury or anything,” Cable said. “Just tight and don’t want to mess with it.” McFadden has certainly been a disappointment in his first two [...]

A rumor is flying around that the Raiders are interested in the chance to move running back Darren McFadden. If that is so, the Lions are reportedly interested in McFadden’s services. PFT reports the latest on the possible move of McFadden to another squad before tonight’s draft.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported this morning that [...]

The game Sunday between the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos at Invesco Field had some interesting twists to it. Twist #1 being the physicality of the game itself. Twist #2 was that the Broncos’ run defense fell apart at the seams. The third – and most unusual – was that the Raiders used three quarterbacks [...]

There were 3 things that needed to happen if the Raiders are to change their 6 straight losing seasons and start progressing.
1) Offensive and Defensive Line were to focus on fundamentals and become a force in running the ball and stopping the run
2) JaMarcus Russell needed to become a leader for the [...]

Pro Football Weekly’s Mike Wilkening wrote an interesting piece on Darren McFadden:
I selected Raiders RB Darren McFadden in the fourth round of PFW’s 14-team office league draft last season. In retrospect, it was a mistake; McFadden rushed for only four TDs. Even more frustratingly, he made just five starts and missed three games because [...]

It was kept very hush hush, but the SF Chronicle reports today that Raiders WR Javon Walker had knee surgery last month, but just told the Raiders about it a few days ago. Walker didn’t take part in the teams mandatory minicamp practice on Friday. He’s the second Raider to have a quiet [...]

A report today from Pro Football Talk.com says that rookie back Darren McFadden had a recent secret surgery. Here is the report:

Raiders running back Darren McFadden had some injury problems as a rookie. The best known were two cases of turf toe.
The least known was a shoulder problem, which we don’t recall seeing [...]

The Raiders may get a lift in the running game, and first round draft chocie rookie back Darren McFadden could return as early as this week from a toe injury that has kept him out.  Coach Tom Cable said that McFadden could be back in the lineup against the Dolphins.  He is trying to come [...]