Jones-Drew gets the start in Raiders debut
by Brian Squires | Sat, Aug 9th 11:25am EDT
In somewhat of a surprise, Jones-Drew was in as the starting running back with the Raiders first team offense in Friday's preseason opener against the Vikings.
Fantasy Impact:
While there was nothing to get too excited about from Jones-Drew's first carries in the silver and black, garnering 10 yards on just 2 carries, it's only the preseason and the Raiders offense struggled to maintain any drives. The bigger takeaway is MJD's place in the starting lineup over Darren McFadden. This will certainly be a situation to monitor for fantasy owners of both players. McFadden showed the bigger burst, going for 23 yards on his first (and only) carry. Both players came out of the game healthy.
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