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Found May 22, 2012 on Thoughts from the Dark Side:
PLAYERS: Mike Goodson,  Angelo Williams,  Tiki Barber,  Taiwan Jones
TEAMS: Oakland Raiders,  Minnesota Vikings
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This off-season the Raiders traded for former Carolina Panther's RB Mike Goodson in a rare player for player trade, giving up the rights to OL Bruce Campbell for Goodson.Goodson had hardly any opportunities in Carolina, being buried on the depth chart. In fact, during the 2011 season he did not carry the ball once. His only stat for 2011 was a reception that gained 4 yards.In 2010, Goodson was able to help his team much more. He played in all 16 games that season and started 3 when both DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart were out with injury.It was to those games in which he was a starter that I turned for his film review because it gave me the best idea of how he would hold up over a game and how complete a back he was.Specifically, I looked at Weeks 10 and 11 of the 2010 season, with Carolina facing off against Tampa Bay and Baltimore, respectively. Carolina gave a lot of I formation and single back looks and Goodson did well with both, which is good because I imagin...
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