Darren McFadden Signs with Oakland Raiders
June 6, 2008 by admin
Filed under 2008 NFL Draft, NFL News
Darren McFadden, the first round draft pick of the Oakland Raiders, signed a $60 million contract with the club. The contract spans over six seasons.
This is a very important moment for McFadden because a lot of league experts openly wondered whether the Raiders would be able to sign McFadden. Last season, the Raiders couldn’t agree to a contract with JaMarcus Russell and Russell was forced to holdout into the season. That cost Russell basically his entire rookie year and slowed any development that would have occurred.
Now with McFadden in the fold for the entire training camp, he …read more
