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Character concerns for McFadden?
Blessed with 4.33 speed in the 40-yard dash, crazy fast for a 6-1, 215-pound man, Darren McFadden can run away from just about anybody. What he hasn't developed is the ability to walk away. Many NFL teams, including the Jets, will analyze that conundrum over the next four weeks as they prepare for the draft. Few will argue that McFadden is the most dynamic player on the board, but there are character concerns. Two years ago, he was involved in a vicious fight outside a nightclub that left his left big toe hideously dislocated, mangled so badly that it revealed the bone. Sobbing uncontrollably in the ambulance, McFadden called friends and relatives on his cell phone to apologize and vow that he'd never do anything that reckless again. But he did. There was another nightclub altercation in his hometown of Little Rock, where he was handcuffed, but not arrested, for "provoking aggressive behavior," according to police. The former Arkansas tailback has no criminal record, but his rowdy behavior, coupled with stories about illegitimate children and paternity suits, has prompted teams to dig into his background. They want to know: Superman or Pacman?
The NFL has been growing more and more with public aggressive behavior. There's the Bengals not too long ago, and plenty others. What the league needs to start doing is looking into the background of their players prior to drafting them, and making sure that they are under control and stable enough to be able to play in a professional football league where they are going to get hit, they're going to get mad, and they're going to hit back. However, just how they decide to hit back is what we are concerned with. Sure, they can hit them as hard as they want, as long as its legal, and during playtime. No unnecessary roughness or anything. If the kid can handle, himself, he's got a hell of a career ahead of him. However, if he can't, he could get into some serious trouble.
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He might not be that good. Arkansas ran a strange offense, so it will interesting to see how he handles a normal style play book.
NORCALSURFER777
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He's that good-
He is by far the most dynamic playmaker in this particular draft. I don't see how, if he' still on the board & the Jets get no stellar trade offers, that you don't take him.
The Jets offense has been without a true 'playmaker' for years (maybe decades)
They already have a solid runner in Jones & a solid 3rd down back in Washington, which means McFadden can be worked in slowly & if it doesn't work out, so be it- he can be traded.....
In this case, I think the reward outweighs the risk-
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