once the starters are in on the line you will see what Dmac can do. Remember anyone who plays with the raiders pretty much sucks, when they leave that organization there careers are usually reborn
That's no excuse for his awful YPC. The guy just isn't all that good. He has no strength, no lateral movement, no ability to read plays, and little ability to break tackles.
You know what a really bad team looks like? Look no further than Dave Campo's Cowboys. As I'm sure you know, that team went through 3 straight 5-11 seasons. Besides being awful, do you know what else those Cowboys had in common with these Raiders? They had no QB and a bad offensive line.
So to refresh everyone's memory, the following QB's started for the Cowboys in that span: Old and concussed Aikman, Randall Cunningham, Anthony Wright, Quincy Carter, Anthony Wright, Clint Stoerner, Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson.
In that span, especially from the 2nd half of the 2000 season onto the end of the 2002 season, the Cowboys were probably the victims of the worst QB play in the entire NFL.
And yet despite having zero help in the passing game to keep defenses honest, and despite playing behind some shit offensive line, 31, 32, and 33 year old Emmitt Smith managed to put up these numbers in that span:
2000: 1,203 yards for 4.1 YPC
2001: 1.021 yards for 3.9 YPC
2002: 975 yards for 3.8 YPC
McFadden's last 3 seasons as a Raider? No more than 707 yards, and his YPC were 3.4, 3.3, and 3.3
If an old and declining Emmitt Smith - playing under similar circumstances - can put up those numbers, then what does that say about an in-his-prime McFadden looking so poor?
My point is, if you or anyone else thinks that McFadden is going to be a good player for us because he's in Dallas and because he's going to play behind a great line, you are sorely mistaken. McFadden is an average-at-best player, and his YPC proves that.
No matter where he goes or where he plays, McFadden will never be a good NFL player, period. He simply has no instincts as a runner.