Cowboys need to be proactive at RB

Galian Beast

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If they aren't going to re-sign Murray or trade for Peterson, they need to go ahead and sign Spiller and plan on drafting a running back and plan on releasing Randle at the earlier convenience. The guy doesn't even have trade value at this point. If the Lions gets Spiller, Jaguars get Murray, and Cardinals get Peterson, I'd be a bit peeved.

I don't want us to break the bank for Murray, and can't wait to see him go to another team and try running behind their line without the same level of success.

I think we'll be find without him, but we do need to act accordingly.

It's one thing not to overpay players, but it is another to be reactionary. This team still needs to get better on defense, and it needs to at the very least maintain what it has on offense. At this moment we're a worse team than we were when we played Green Bay.


Again, I'm not saying we should break the bank or overreact, but we do need to be proactive here. We don't want a repeat of what we saw at Defensive End last year.
 

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I think Gurley, Williams, Dunbar combo would be great.

But honestly prefer not to spend our 1st rounder on a RB.

If so, use our money saved from Murray on the defense.
 

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Again if we draft Gurley, how do we improve our D?

Every team drafts...
 

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RB by committee and draft defense and spend whatever little cash we have on defensive guys that slip through the cracks. JMO. My issue with Spiller is that I've been reading he is horrendous at picking up the blitz. I'm all for not getting Romo hurt. :dance:
 

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Ill draft an elite RB in Gurley over any second tier defensive talent on defense.
And what improved the defense more than anything last year?
If you said time consuming scoring drives from running the ball you would be correct.

Drafting Gurley is improving the defense.
 

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Ill draft an elite RB in Gurley over any second tier defensive talent on defense.
And what improved the defense more than anything last year?
If you said time consuming scoring drives from running the ball you would be correct.

Drafting Gurley is improving the defense.

I cannot agree more. Gurley has Stephen Jackson, maybe AP upside. He's a once in a decade type prospect at RB and has every opportunity to be as good or better than Murray. I would take Hardy at 10-12m/ yr and Gurley over Murray and whomever and wouldn't look back.
 

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This draft is pretty deep at RB and CB. I wouldn't be mad with a 2nd/3rd round RB to go with Williams/Randle/Dunbar in a committee. But we're creating new holes for ourselves, such as LBer which seemed to have a bright future a week ago. Let's see how we decide to act in free agency. I don't see us making many major moves. We'll be relying heavily on the draft.
 

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This draft is pretty deep at RB and CB. I wouldn't be mad with a 2nd/3rd round RB to go with Williams/Randle/Dunbar in a committee. But we're creating new holes for ourselves, such as LBer which seemed to have a bright future a week ago. Let's see how we decide to act in free agency. I don't see us making many major moves. We'll be relying heavily on the draft.

Pointing to the draft to fix every problem is a mistake.
 

AzorAhai

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Pointing to the draft to fix every problem is a mistake.

Why do you keep implying they are going to do that? Recent history shows they fill holes in FA and draft BPA. They have more cap flexibility this year than recent years also. Just because they didn't make a splash signing today doesn't mean they arent going to sign anyone
 

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Just think, free agency is only 7 hours old.

Wait a couple of weeks. The thread titles will read something like this:

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