Top 3 running backs out

Doomsday101 said:

Alfred Blue will be the starting RB in Houston. Thomas would be backup

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cowboyschmps3 said:

But he was going to be featured in the offense, if he was going to just be a 3rd back special teams guy than alright but the guy has more left than al those other guys cause he's been a role player not a full time.

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Bleu Star said:

Move along folks. Nothing to see here. We're just fine at RB.

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1. Gus Johnson will play himself into a spot on the final 53.
2. Ray Rice will join the Cowboys very soon.

stasheroo said:

I totally agree with you. Seastrunk can't handle the mental aspects of the position and I give him little chance of making this team.

I think opportunity is calling for Gus Johnson and I think if he 'runs with it', he has a very good shot at making this team. More than any of the other candidates, I think Johnson has the body and build to actually be a workhorse running back.

If the team insists on keeping McFadden, I can see them going long at the position and keeping four.

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GloryDaysRBack said:

Pretty sure our qb is healthier now than he has been in the last 3+ seasons

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jday said:

I honestly cannot imagine how they could possibly feel confident going about it any other way unless they make the big trade some here are expecting. If they stick with what they have, they have to go deep here. All three of the top candidates are starting to look like injuries waiting to happen.

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cowboyschmps3 said:

Should they have somebody in for a workout? Or just leave Clutts and the other 2 taking snaps?



I meant backs on title

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stasheroo said:

I think if you plan on keeping McFragile, you have to go with four. Dunbar is a specialty back and not a starting option, and McFragile is totally unreliable and can't be counted on at all.

I heard Rodney Harrison campaigning for Ray Rice last night. Referred to McFragile's body as "glass'. Some fans still want to think that this stuff is baseless when it's staring them right in the face.

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jday said:

I want no part of Ray Rice. Off-the-field issues aside, from what I've read and heard he was already falling off a cliff before he was suspended. Now add back the off the field issues and you have more circus atmosphere here in Dallas. I think the Cowboys have reached their threshold on knuckleheads...just my opinion.

Otherwise, I agree with you.

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jday said:

I want no part of Ray Rice. Off-the-field issues aside, from what I've read and heard he was already falling off a cliff before he was suspended. Now add back the off the field issues and you have more circus atmosphere here in Dallas. I think the Cowboys have reached their threshold on knuckleheads...just my opinion.

Otherwise, I agree with you.

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jday said:

I want no part of Ray Rice. Off-the-field issues aside, from what I've read and heard he was already falling off a cliff before he was suspended. Now add back the off the field issues and you have more circus atmosphere here in Dallas. I think the Cowboys have reached their threshold on knuckleheads...just my opinion.

Otherwise, I agree with you.

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LittleD said:

I'm hearing that Pierre Thomas is the most DeMarco Murray type back still left on the shelf. He runs, catches & blocks and is familiar
with our style of zone blocking running style. He might be available closer to the regular season should we still need a RB to start
game one.

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stasheroo said:

I can totally see that.

But there is a part of me that wonders if exiling Ray Rice is in the best interest of both he and his wife?

She got punched in the face, does cutting her family off from any future income help her or hurt her even further?

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LittleD said:

I'm hearing that Pierre Thomas is the most DeMarco Murray type back still left on the shelf. He runs, catches & blocks and is familiar
with our style of zone blocking running style. He might be available closer to the regular season should we still need a RB to start
game one.

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jday said:

I'm afraid you misunderstand my stance here. My sympathy for a woman who get's beat ends at the moment she decides to stay. My hands are completely washed of her, at this point. Life is too short to subject yourself to feeling bad for a person without enough sense to move on from a guy who is capable of doing that.

As for him....if he is capable of doing that to her, he is capable of doing that to anyone. And I don't want that guy in the Cowboys locker room, because we already have enough of that guy in our locker room with Greg Hardy. I think guy's with those types of tendencies, have other tendencies that can quickly bring a locker room down.

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Having said that, all reports indicate so far that Hardy could very well end of being a good leader for this team. I really hope those reports continue.

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stasheroo said:

I can't blame you for your position. But I'm a bit conflicted. I'm not condoning what he did, but I can't help but think that ostracizing him is the best course of action for anybody. Ray Rice did a lot of great things prior to this incident and those shouldn't be wiped out by one mistake. That's just my opinion anyway and I wouldn't expect anyone else to agree with me. I'm not advocating bringing him in, but saying that everyone deserves to be forgiven.



So far, so good!

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