Raiders coach Dennis Allen said in an interview with CBSSports.com at the NFL owners meeting in Phoenix on Tuesday that he "would jump and down excited" if he knew running back Darren McFadden would play 16 games this season. "You tell me I’m going to get 16 games out of one of our most explosive players, that’s a good thing," Allen said. But Allen realizes that injuries are just part of the equation with McFadden, and the Raiders need a plan in place for when McFadden goes down. "Darren is an extremely explosive player, and we need to use him in that regard," Allen said. "What we’ve got to do is create some depth behind him so if and when Darren has to miss any time we’ve got a capable guy that can go in there and play at a starter’s level."
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