What Darren did

By: T. Love

Arkansas Heisman hopeful and junior running back Darren McFadden rushed for 138 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns in the Razorbacks 66-7 baptism of North Texas on Saturday.

The “Mean Green” from Denton, Texas, do not exactly strike fear into Arkansas or any SEC school for that matter, but it is still a Division-I opponent.

One thing that is good to see from McFadden is no matter an SEC foe or a lower opponent, Darren brings his “A” game all of the time and will be a welcome addition to the Falcons’ rushing attack next season.

Atlanta’s offense has shown a lot of promise in the passing game, but rushing still lacks. A big physical runner that can pick up yards between the tackles, bounce a run outside and pickup yardage late in the game is what we need.

Darren is our man.

The Birds have thrown the “McFadden Sweepstakes” off a bit with a 26-16 win over the Texans, but looking over the worst teams in the league, Atlanta is still in the driver’s seat.

Saint Louis and Miami hold the worst record in the league at 0-4, while the New Orleans Saints are 0-3. The Rams are set at running back with Stephen Jackson and the Dolphins have Ronnie Brown. New Orleans has Reggie Bush and a broken down Deuce McAllister. This could be the wildcard.

As for the one win teams, San Diego, New York Jets, Minnesota, Chicago, Buffalo, Philadelphia, New York Giants and Cincinnati, none has a glaring need for a running back.

San Diego has LT, Jets have Thomas Brown, Minnesota just drafted Adrian Peterson, Chicago is stuck with Cedric Benson, Buffalo picked up Marshawn Lynch, and Cincinnati has Rudi Johnson and a healthy Kenny Irons next season.

The Giants and Jets could be a small obstacle. Brandon Jacobs is no an every down back and Thomas Jones is getting up there in age.

D-Mac could still be ours. Lets not blow it.