will he be effective this season? what do ya think?

I'll say 812 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 3 arrests.

He will be sub par. He has a terrible line and no QB around him with experience. He also has very few other weapons on offense he will have a tough year.

after he serves his suspension, I don't think he'll be too effective. The Raiders still need some help on the O-Line and the lack of substance at the QB position means opposing defenses will stack the line against the run.

he wont do very good the first 4 games..

Once he comes back, he will probably be functional, but will not have a good season by any means. The Raiders are just too bad of a team.

His 1st year with them he will suck.He hasnt started alot and he has no line in Oakland.Maybe the raiders can work with there line and he can get better in future years.

He's not going to be effective at all with the Raiders. He begins by being suspended for the first 4 games of the season. Plus, by the fifth game, teams will know how to cover Russel.

Dominic Rhodes is a good running back but I think Lane Kiffin will just stick with Michael Bush, since Rhodes is suspended for the first 4 games.

he does have to serve that 4 game suspension, but he has no talent around him except for an inexperienced quarterback in jamarcus russel, so i don't think he will do very well as a raider

he'll d okay but I think that he'll need a better o-line for him to do anything spectacular

He is not that good...

Lamont Jordan was twice the back Rhodes is, and he did nothing, how ya think Rhodes is gonna fair? He's in Oakland! Hell, these guys couldn't protect if they had LT!

no way he's not gonna be effective with that Oakland offensive line

he will he same as he did on the colts

He has to serve a 4 games suspension to start the season. After the shambles the Oakland OL was last year I don't see how he'll do much.

Everyone says Oakland's offensive line is so bad this year but it was almost the same the year before in 05 and Jordan rushed for over 1,000 yards. Even though the raiders didn't have the best offensive line, it wasn't the offensive lines fault last year it was the system that Art Shell brought into Oakland that confused the players. This year the players like the new cut block zone system and the are remembering it a lot easier. And to answer your qustion Dominic will do fine after the suspensions up.