John Madsen standing out in Oakland

[Raiders40]

http://www.realfootball365.com/nfl/a...out_in_oa.html

[OG BAMM BAMM]

thanks 40

[ottojimotto]

good read, I believe the tight end position will be one of our strongest positions for some time now.....

[Snoop750]

It sure does look like John Madsen can play. He has done an outstanding job...competing this offseason. He didnt let the acquisition of Zach Miller bother him. Instead, he just upped his game that much more. With Miller & Madsen, it looks as though our TE position is definately in some good hands (No pun intended.) Also, the thought of using this kid in the slot could be a very good one. Maybe against st.louie, they'll put Madsen in the slot. That would be great to see.

I'm excited about this kid, and I congratulate him on a Great offseason. NOW, lets just transfer this onto the actual NFL field, and boy O boy does Oakland have a player!!!!!!

Good luck, John Madsen!!! Cant wait to cheer ya on in the regular season.

[crizpynutz]

Excellent! Bring in Zach and now we have TWO good TE's....Math wizards may mull that one over for a little while....

Seriously though, it's a really good thing, you need at least 2 good TE's and with the added versatility to play in the slot, Madsen offers some offensive plays where he can line up as a 2nd TE and option out to the slot....Interesting options that can create mismatches if he can carry this over to the regular season.

[WookieRaider]

Thanks for the link 40. Good luck to John. I hope you have great success this year...

[XXX-RAIDER]

Thanks 40...Madsen has looked really good so far. Miller and Madsen should be a very good TE duo.

[Raider Ran]

Out TE situation looks good. Madsen looks good.

[R41D3R5]

Madsen seems to be open a lot, a great combo with Madsen and Miller.

[Thedeparted]

wow funny how we go from no good TEs to 2 very good ones lol

[raider07]

I like this kid a lot. Always productive when gets some playing time.

[RaiderInNY]

Typical, "I like this kid a lot, I think he can help us out..." off-season for Madsen. Here at RF.net, many have mastered the art of proclaiming such words, and attributing traits to those type of players in expectance of great things...

My stance of Madsen has been the same; if the kid can make plays as a RECEIVER and haul in some passes, adding a dynamic presence to our aerial attack -- then he will help. If not, he does not deserve a roster spot. Two years ago, C.Anderson was the rave, and the guy looked at as a solid target, with size, etc.

Madsen is an awful blocker, and cant be relied to stay in varying packages and contribute in many ways. If he's in there, he's in there to run routes, hopefully 'cause match-up problems and give us a target that we can match-up with opposing LBs/S...

He needs to get open, catch balls, run nice routes, provide our QBs a target that can be reliable...

20-40 catches isnt something that is out of the question for him. And with the abundance of targets that have questions marks surrounding them, and the cloudiness of who will play where in terms of our #3, #4 WRs and other TEs...that number I stated isnt something that is crazy. He can do it. If he cant, he is worthless on the roster. And if you are a believer in Miller and his ability to possible grab a lot of balls, then Madsen will be truly expendable in the near future.