Oakland Raiders Start Their Hit Parade

So basically as I finished typing my last article, Jerry McDonald posted his first full-pad practice update. These are some things I took away. Happily, bear in mind that the basically the entire blog was positive: JaMarcus Russell's improved accuracy has carried over into full-contact drills. At one point he floated a beautiful 50-yard rainbow in between the safeties to little-known Nick Miller, who claims to have run a 4.28 and 4.3 during his pro day. Russell also threaded the needle to Chaz on a couple of nice mid-range routes, although he did have one interception when he tried to force it to Zach Miller and Hiram Eugene picked it off. Tyvon Branch is really fast One thing that made me smile was reading about Tyvon Branch showing well in coverage, and actually staying stride-for-stride with Darren McFadden downfield. After watching his aggressiveness on special teams last season when he had a cast on his arm, hearing that he's got that kind of speed makes the threat of t...