Raiders Give Trent Richardson His Last NFL Chance, but Can He Capitalize?

March 18, 2015   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments

Trent Richardson was bulletproof.
He was a can't-miss, surefire prospect. A turnkey Hall of Famer. During the 2012 draft cycle, Bleacher Report NFL draft lead writer Matt Miller explained Richardson was a paragon of the ideal in every trait a scout evaluates. Best of all, a tailback's natural talent translates more readily to NFL success than perhaps any other position.
Miller was far from the only one to peg Richardson as the top running back in the class, a top-five overall talent selection and the best tailback prospect in years. In fact, NFL Network's Mike Mayock called Richardson the best tailback prospect "since Adrian Peterson" came out in 2007, per the Star Tribune's Dan Wiederer.
That kind of difference-making ability can anchor a franchise year in, year out. As teams around the NFL are finding out, prying a generational player such as Peterson away from his original team is all but impossible.
Now, as NFL Media's Ian Rapoport reported, the f...

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