NAPA, Calif. -- Eddie Vanderdoes, after being drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round, had a simple goal: Convert those in his hometown of Auburn, California, just outside of Sacramento, who were not already Raiders fans into card-carrying members of Raider Nation.
Vanderdoes' bigger goal, of course, was to dive into Oakland's playbook and show up to training camp in shape not only physically but mentally after missing all of the team's offseason program because UCLA is on the quarter system.
Mission accomplished.