Raiders QB Carson Palmer got a look at new OC Greg Knapp’s playbook and says that the RBs will be busy in the passing game. “The good thing with all this play-action stuff and move-the-pocket stuff is that some of the best plays are the screens and checkdowns to running backs," Palmer said. "When you cover Jacoby (Ford) downfield and Denarius [Moore] downfield, one of the positives is the checkdown, the easy throw, the dumpoff to the running back. When Darren McFadden and Taiwan Jones have five, six or seven yards separation between them between the next defender, they rarely get tackled by the first defender." When Knapp was Oakland’s OC back in 2007 and 2008, the RBs averaged 78 catches per season. That included a 29-catch campaign from McFadden in his 2008 rookie campaign. If he can stay healthy, run DMC should zoom by that total this year.
