Oakland Raiders Want More Carries For Maurice Jones-Drew

The Oakland Raiders would like to get their running game going in the weeks to come in the NFL season, and they would like to get Maurice Jones-Drew more carries in order to do so.

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The Oakland Raiders signed a bunch of veteran players this off-season, such as is their usual practice. One such veteran was running back Maurice Jones-Drew. Perhaps he would not be able to take on a full workload, but it certainly seemed that the longtime Jaguar could bring value to the Raiders by taking some of the pressure off the oft-injured Darren McFadden.

That plan has been derailed by some injury troubles for Jones-Drew, however. In limited action the veteran has been ineffective, but in the weeks to come the Raiders would like to get him more carries in the interest of trying to jump-start his season.

According to Bill Williamson of ESPN, interim head coach Tony Sparano said that the plan is to get more touches for Maurice Jones-Drew:

#Raiders Sparano said team has to get MJD more carries.
— Bill Williamson (@BWilliamsonNFL) October 23, 2014

Jones-Drew has yet to have more than 10 carries in a single game this season. This past week he had just three carries for six yards. In total this season, Jones-Drew has a measly 48 yards on 18 carries.

The bar is pretty low as far as improvement is concerned, and the Raiders will hope to see more signs of a healthy Jones-Drew with a bigger workload in their next few games.

The Oakland Raiders would like to get their running game going in the weeks to come in the NFL season, and they would like to get Maurice Jones-Drew more carries in order to do so.

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