McFadden offers Raiders a chance at rejuvenation

On Thursday, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin reiterated what he had said earlier this month: Darren McFadden wasn't needed in Oakland because the Raiders are loaded at the position. This week, McFadden's mother, Mini Muhammad, was quoted as saying she thought the Bay Area was too big for her Little Rock, Ark., bred son -- thus she didn't want him to be drafted by the Raiders. What Kiffin and McFadden's mother failed to realize is that Al Davis runs the Oakland Raiders. Davis wanted McFadden and there was no way Davis wasn't going to get him, regardless of the concerns expressed by Kiffin and Muhammad. Oakland made the University of Arkansas halfback the fourth overall pick in the NFL draft Saturday. McFadden is a Raider because Davis couldn't pass up on the speedy game-breaker who many in the NFL project will have the same immediate impact as Adrian Peterson did last season as a rookie in Minnesota. Davis just couldn't resist. And you know what? The boss finally might have nailed a draft pick. CLICK 4 the full read: