Darren McFadden ran for 152 yards last week against the Giants. Looked pretty good behind that great offensive line. He was running hard. But he hasn’t had much success following up on big games in the past.
When he was with the Raiders, McFadden went over 100 yards 13 times. In the 13 games that followed those, he averaged only 61 yards and 3.9 yards per attempt, with 4 TDs (that includes a TD catch at Buffalo).
None of those teams had a line half as good as this one, of course. But just saying. He’s had trouble following up good games in the past.
Cowboys host the Seahawks today.
| DARREN McFADDEN FOLLOWUP GAMES | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Opp | Score | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
| 2008 | at Buff. | L 23-24 | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2010 | at Ariz. | L 23-24 | 25 | 105 | 4.2 | 1 |
| 2010 | Hou. | L 24-31 | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2010 | Sea. | W 33-3 | 21 | 111 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2010 | K.C. | W 23-20 | 17 | 89 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2010 | Den. | W 39-23 | 20 | 119 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Ind. | L 26-31 | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2011 | at Buff. | L 35-38 | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 2 |
| 2011 | N.E. | L 19-31 | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2012 | at Den. | L 6-37 | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2012 | T.B. | L 32-42 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2012 | at Car. | L 6-17 | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2013 | at Den. | L 21-37 | 12 | 9 | .8 | 1 |
| -- | Average | 3-13 (W-L) | 16 | 61 | 3.9 | .31 |
—Ian Allan