Maurice Jones-Drew Adds Welcome Flexibility to the Oakland Raiders

March 28, 2014   ·   Christopher Hansen   ·   Jump to comments


The Oakland Raiders have made quite a habit of signing players on Friday. General manager Reggie McKenzie kept it up by inking running back Maurice Jones-Drew to a three-year deal, according to Scott Bair of CSN Bay Area.
Jones-Drew is 29 and coming off the worst season of his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the Raiders still brought him in to compete for the starting job. It worked for the Raiders last season when—after a bad year in Jacksonville—Rashad Jennings wrestled away the starting job from Darren McFadden.
The signing of Jones-Drew may not be exciting, but it is functional. The Raiders now have three running backs to compete for playing time and don’t need to invest any more resources at the position.
McKenzie has signed enough players so that he can now let the draft come to him. A running back now seems unlikely, but that’s only because the Raiders don’t have a glaring need.
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