Edweirdo's Oakland Raiders Report |
Welcome to my site on the Oakland Raiders!
Here you'll find articles on the NFL draft, football schemes and systems (football 101), Raiders game grades, and commentary on the Raiders roster.
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The crux of this draft was the choice of star Arkansas RB Darren McFadden over star LSU DT Glenn Dorsey. The perceived success or failure of the Raiders 2008 draft will be based on how well McFadden performs. For this initial cut of the report, I'm not going to discuss the 4th round and later picks. There's too much to cover on McFadden alone.
Have you ever wondered what a football scouting report meant when it said that a pass rusher doesn't use his hands well? This article discusses the hand techniques that pass rushers, such as defensive linemen (DL), use to defeat blockers, such as offensive linemen (OL).