Before any NFL stardom, McFadden must hit the books
Oakland Raiders05/12/2008 10:12 PM The San Francisco Chronicle reports RB Darren McFadden isn't a know-it-all rookie, but the Raiders are working on it. Two weeks after drafting him fourth overall, the Raiders handed their new star running back a playbook that's as thick as it is complex. After all, before McFadden can school the NFL with talent that can't be taught, the Raiders want to teach him exactly what he should be doing out there. "It's different," McFadden said at rookie minicamp Saturday in Alameda. "They hand you a playbook with pens and highlighters in there with a notebook to take notes. "That's something you don't get in college. If you want to take notes, you have to come with your own stuff. So, I knew it was serious once they handed a playbook out like that." Read more