San Francisco Chronicle "He is the last man standing. Darren McFadden is the Raiders' only first-round pick since 2001 remaining after general manager Reggie McKenzie crossed out most of last season's 4-12 roster. Cornerback Michael Huff, receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey and linebacker Rolando McClain were all cut, and..." April 07
Silver & Black Pride "Greg Olson knows how to use his weapons at the running back position. His former teams had the likes of Maurice Jones-Drew, LaGarrette Blount, and Stephen Jackson. Now he has two weapons in Oakland in the form of Darren McFadden and Marcel Reece and he intends to utilize both of them to their..." February 14
Silver & Black Pride "Tony Sparano was once a head coach in the NFL a few years ago with the Dolphins. When he came on board, he took the 1-15 Dolphins and moved the hyphen to the right one number to make them an 11-5 club. He did it by baffling the rest of the NFL with the Wildcat. For those unfamiliar, the Wildcat..." February 14
Silver & Black Pride "The Oakland Raiders need to improve and they need to do so with expediency. After a decade of fielding horrific teams, the Raiders showed a lot of promise and got the Raider Nation excited with back to back 8-8 seasons. Clearly these were not great seasons, but after what the fan base had been..." February 14