... against Dallas, an unremarkable game for the first 10 minutes. Middling along as preseason games tend to do, the Raiders and Cowboys played to an uneventful 7-3 score, at which point Oakland made a key substitution.

With five minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Raiders inserted Darren McFadden into the lineup, and he immediately jolted the Oakland Coliseum to life.

Playing at a different speed than the other 21 players on the field, McFadden turned a simple handoff into an electric 13-yard carry, instantly melting away any lingering training camp malaise.

On the next drive, the Raiders' 2008 first-round pick ran around the left side as though he were shot from a cannon, breaking a 45-yard run that took him from secon...

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