From the cover into your covers

You’ve seen the commercials. The ones with lightning-paced action. Darren McFadden running past, around, over digitalized defenders.

McFadden has compiled enough. 4,590 rushing yards and 43 total touchdowns in his three year stint with the Razorbacks.

And rightly so, he’s been chosen to grace the cover of the latest EA Sports release. Given his performance.

The following season he will join the hapless Oakland Raiders.

It’s a good thing that he isn’t on the Bengals. But who knows? The Raiders might become the Bengals with this addition.

Over the past two years, more than twelve Bengals have been arrested, including arrests for improper exhibition of firearms, possession of a concealed firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm. Otherwise, these cats are vandalizing, burglarizing, grand theft-izing, stealing from teammates, resisting arrest, smoking weed in front of a cop, and UI-ing on anything that moves.

Chris Henry spreads arrests like Travis Henry with AIDs.

McFadden has been in the same quandary.

The Escalade magically conjuring on his driveway, a few barfights involving shoes and marijuana.

What’s missing is a child here or there.

McFadden has a children sprouting around the hemisphere. Before we mark him as the Shawn Kemp of football, I guess we’ll let his game speak for itself.

Until then, we’ll wait for the Raiders to become the Bengals.

And about the game, there aren’t many tweaks to the gameplay and it gets quite drab. I find it much more fun to play as myself. My 6’ 10” self.

*NEWSFLASH Lorenzo Mata scores 12 points in summer league victory over Minnesota Timberwolves. Did he score that many last season? I’ll get back to you… He did manage to pick up five fouls. But that’s nothing new. Oh, and the sea lion also managed to pull down 17 boards. It’s fun to watch Kevin Love waddle around the court.