Big Score 1 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 InsideBayArea 08/12/2005 08:12:12 AM NFL Editor Jerry McDonald jcmdonald@angnewspapers.com "The deal bringing Randy Moss aboard was officially announced on March 2 and included a police escort to the Raiders facility. The following day, with much less fanfare, the Raiders made an even more significant move by signing LaMont Jordan to a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $27.5 million. Jordan has been a Raider for a little more than five months. For a variety of reasons, he is already their most indispensable player, the one man the Raiders simply cannot do without. Any chance the Raiders have of returning to .500 and beyond rests on Jordan's shoulders. He is the central figure of Oakland's offense and might be the one player capable of rescuing its suspect defense by keeping it safely on the sideline. Accept no replacements, because there aren't any. As well as Zack Crockett is running, at age 32 he is best utilized as a situational runner and special-teams player. The drop-off after Jordan resembles one of those old Acapulco cliff diving competitions on "Wide World of Sports," a free fall into the shallow waters of Justin Fargas, Omar Easy and DeJuan Green. "I have to realize that my life is changing now," Jordan said. "I'm in a totally different tax bracket, that's for sure. I think the biggest thing I'm going to have to handle is people just recognizing me, coming up to me, wanting to talk. Everything else, I think I'm prepared for." Fullback Chris Hetherington, who blocked for Marshall Faulk with the St. Louis Rams, sees Jordan as a "1,300- to 1,400-yard" rusher. "He looks good, man. He's tough, he's durable, he runs hard, he's thick," Hetherington said. "He is going to run for a lot of yards for us. If they put seven in the box, we're going to run it down their throats." www.insidebayarea.com Pretty strong article in favor of Jordan, although I'm not familiar with Jerry McDonald and don't know how much of an "in" he really has with the Raiders.. Be that as it is, maybe, just maybe, I'm ready to start taking a sip or two of the Jordan kool-aid. If it tastes bad, I can always spit it back out, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelhead Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 it's good that you don't swallow : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 it's good that you don't swallow : 925520[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Pretty strong article in favor of Jordan, although I'm not familiar with Jerry McDonald and don't know how much of an "in" he really has with the Raiders.. Be that as it is, maybe, just maybe, I'm ready to start taking a sip or two of the Jordan kool-aid. If it tastes bad, I can always spit it back out, right? 925518[/snapback] After all that butting of heads we went through, now you're coming around? Obviously, my superior powers of debate merely took more time than usual to sway you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 After all that butting of heads we went through, now you're coming around? Obviously, my superior powers of debate merely took more time than usual to sway you. 927284[/snapback] Did anyone else notice in the preseason game they put the ball in jordan's hands like 70% of the time? run to jordan... pass to jordan... run jordan... and it worked too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Did anyone else notice in the preseason game they put the ball in jordan's hands like 70% of the time?run to jordan... pass to jordan... run jordan... and it worked too... 927290[/snapback] 1 pt per rec and doubling pts when a RB nets rec. yds and rec. TD's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 After all that butting of heads we went through, now you're coming around? Obviously, my superior powers of debate merely took more time than usual to sway you. 927284[/snapback] Patience Grasshopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 funny thing...I started losing my desire to draft him if I saw him there in the 2nd after I heard the news about Crockett stealing GL touches... but with all those receptions....and how often he'll be used...how can I not?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 He's pretty good in Madden 06. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 He's pretty good in Madden 06. 927520[/snapback] great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 He's pretty good in Madden 06. 927520[/snapback] So is Fred Gibson. :shurg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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