Here’s a look at the developments at this weekend’s Raiders minicamp, in One-Liner style.
WR Chaz Schilens says he’s committed to football, but if he doesn’t make the Raiders’ roster he has opportunities to play baseball.
Coach Lane Kiffin says of RB Darren McFadden, “It’s so easy for him to run really fast. He’s running by people and it doesn’t look like it’s really hard to do.”
Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has shaved his long hair.
Said Kiffin of rookie mistakes in minicamp practice, “So many of these times, you see guys going the wrong way, run into each other, balls on the ground.”
Kiffin also says at minicamps, undrafted rookies often look better than drafted players: “You’re going to have some guy in a drill, who is a free agent, and he’s going to look better than some guy you drafted in the third or fourth round.”
QB Sam Keller was brought in for a workout.
S Tyvon Branch is hoping to earn a roster spot as a kick returner.
Says DE Trevor Scott of getting drafted, “Even though it was a late round, I wasn’t even expecting late round. I was expecting free agency.”
K Andrew Larson of Cal spent almost all of his time Friday alone with a member of the coaches’ support staff.
WR Jonathan Holland, who spent 2007 on injured reserve, was held out of practice by the training staff.
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May 10th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Wow Ryan cut his hair… know what that means? He is going to be looking to do some job interviews this year. Why else would he cut his hair. Case in point look at the famous Jared Allen mullet.. As soon as it came time to latch on somewhere else…Clean up..
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May 10th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Cliff, you may already know, may not, but Rob cut his hair for a cancer charity at the urging of his daughter. For those who care, I’ve read Michael Bush looks quite nice in camp. Typically camp reports must be taken with a grain of salt, but I do trust Jerry Macdonald and Jason Jones with their reporting. I believe Michael Wagaman from silverandblack.com also reiterated.
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May 10th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Comments about Daren McFadden seem promising. He should have even been selected higher than fourth.
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May 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Guys running into each other “balls on the ground”. Does that mean they fell to the ground and landed face-first, or does it mean the thrown-ball is on the ground?
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May 11th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Hey that is awesome that he did it for charity. More people should follow in his footsteps. It just sad that he had such a great head of hair. Maybe he will look even more like a biker with a shaved head…… No one will mess with him.
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May 11th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Raiders will still suck. Mcfadden was a bad for them. Should have taken Dorsey
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May 12th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
How fat, gordo or grossly overweight is my main man The pride of LSU-Baton Rouge, LA My Dawg JaMarcus, this camp? Any truth to the heavy rumors that he is starting to look like the Afro American version of the Michelin Main Man?
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