Cowboys To Sign RB Lache Seastrunk?

[Floatyworm]

He was impressive the few times I seen him play for Baylor. Do not know how he has done once in the NFL.

Agree....

I thought this kid was gonna be the next Andre Ellington.......A guy who slipped on draft day...but came up huge

If he signs.......I like it

 

[chris1995]

Agree....

I thought this kid was gonna be the next Andre Ellington.......A guy who slipped on draft day...but came up huge

If he signs.......I like it

Sounds like he could be a good pick up.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

We liked him coming out, some competion for Dunbar.

 

[JohnsKey19]

My guess is they like his physical tools. It also sounds like he might have some personality issues that have kept him from otherwise sticking on a roster as a marginal contributor. I'd assume he's hear to absorb some hits in camp and that his chances of making the roster aren't good unless somebody gets hurt. But once you get to camp, you never know.

I like his build for what we want to do, though.

He has an unusual running style for a guy his size. Takes short and powerful steps, very explosive making lateral cuts. The style is similar to Marshawn Lynch in that respect. Obviously the size is a huge difference, along with strength. The guy has talent to definitely challenge Dunbar. Not sure about his pass-pro and receiving skills.

 

[Idgit]

He has an unusual running style for a guy his size. Takes short and powerful steps, very explosive making lateral cuts. The style is similar to Marshawn Lynch in that respect. Obviously the size is a huge difference, along with strength. The guy has talent to definitely challenge Dunbar. Not sure about his pass-pro and receiving skills.

For a position group I don't have a ton of high expectations for, I do have to say that the pickens are pretty slim for bottom roster RB candidates out there. You'd think there'd be a small assortment of young dark horse candidates out there who are relatively healthy and who just never caught on with a team that we could pick from. Seastrunk is one of those guys, but beyond that, the options aren't really much to get excited about.

 

[JohnsKey19]

For a position group I don't have a ton of high expectations for, I do have to say that the pickens are pretty slim for bottom roster RB candidates out there. You'd think there'd be a small assortment of young dark horse candidates out there who are relatively healthy and who just never caught on with a team that we could pick from. Seastrunk is one of those guys, but beyond that, the options aren't really much to get excited about.

There will be plenty of viable backup options available, not starters, once teams begin pairing down their rosters in August. There will be vet backups out there cut to save teams money. There will be some guys cut trying to get them on the practice squad.

 

[chris1995]

For a position group I don't have a ton of high expectations for, I do have to say that the pickens are pretty slim for bottom roster RB candidates out there. You'd think there'd be a small assortment of young dark horse candidates out there who are relatively healthy and who just never caught on with a team that we could pick from. Seastrunk is one of those guys, but beyond that, the options aren't really much to get excited about.

He looks like he could be a break away big play guy.

 

[bodi]

I'm shocked, no LB ?

linebacker Justin Jackson on Monday, per the Dallas Morning News.

 

[IAmLegend]

Let's bring in Adrian Peterson too while we're at it.

 

[dallasdave]

linebacker Justin Jackson on Monday, per the Dallas Morning News.

Saved by the bell. I can rest easy this evening.

 

[dallasdave]

Let's bring in Adrian Peterson too while we're at it.

Now that's an idea I have never heard before.

 

[Doc50]

That you Mickey?

Well, it's not like the guy has no issues. If he didn't, you're right, he wouldn't be available. But the fact is that his body of work obliterates anybody on our current roster we're hoping steps up as an answer.

He's 29 years old and likely on his last legs as a running back. He surely wouldn't be any sort of long-term solution, but he could be an option to get us through to next year's draft and our long term answer.

Johnson has always been a home run back who can take it to the house with good blocking. He's not great in the passing game, and he's never been a good short yardage guy. But the fact is that he has proven himself to be very effective when his offensive line does its' job. I would bring him in for a workout and see if his speed is still there. If it's not, he's done and I keep looking.

But all relevant numbers point to him being a better option than McFadden, and a more proven one than Randle.

I'm also one of those who are curious about CJ's availability. It appears to be a league-wide consensus that he's lost a step and is battered.

At the $$$ he would want, the risk vs reward may just be too high.

 

[jnday]

Apparently, the Cowboys are serious that they really do like the backs that they have on their roster. I agree with most fans that I don't don't share their optimism here, but it is what it is. If Randle is actually capable of carrying the load, McFadden probably isn't a bad veteran option (in my book), because he can pass-protect. From there, we just need to have a RB3 who can give us something on Teams and who could fill in for Randle if he were to miss some time. *That's* not too tall an order. We're a deep enough team with a widely-known need at RB. Anybody cutting a player worth a stitch is going to hit us up for a late round pick or for one of our OLs or TEs or whatevers.

Now, if Randle can't play, we've got a bigger problem. But even still, we're talking about RB here, and not a more important position. These are guys who can routinely be found in the middle rounds and who can start and be effective early in their careers if they can just pass protect. It's probably one of the 3-4 best positions on the field to be getting by at.

I do wish we had some veteran options who didn't have so much injury history.

Even if they don't like the RBs on the roster, there is not much they can do about it at this point. I don't think they are satisfied with the RBs and I expect them to keep trying to upgrade whenever possible. It was a gamble to let Murray walk without a solid backup plan and they lost that gamble when the draft didn't fall in their favor. They keep saying they like these RBs, but their actions say differently.

 

[AsthmaField]

That you Mickey?

LOL... Usually, I will think about it before writing anything like that, but I didn't even realize that I was sounding like Mickey this time.

 

[Idgit]

Even if they don't like the RBs on the roster, there is not much they can do about it at this point. I don't think they are satisfied with the RBs and I expect them to keep trying to upgrade whenever possible. It was a gamble to let Murray walk without a solid backup plan and they lost that gamble when the draft didn't fall in their favor. They keep saying they like these RBs, but their actions say differently.

They don't say differently, though. It's the fans that say differently. What did they do after they lost Murray? Went out and signed McFadden for no guaranteed money. Then they went out and said going into the draft they were not necessarily going to take a RB. And they didn't draft a RB. Even at the point in the draft when they could have and when they had options available. They took a swing OT. After the draft? Then the reportedly were looking at WRs. After the draft? They added one back--who've they've just let go.

The fact that they looked at a couple of guys they didn't end up signing means very little. Signing Seastrunk? He's just a upgrade for that RB4 guy they always bring into camp to take carries so they can run their drills without overworking the three who are actually going to be on the roster.

It looks much more to me like they actually do like the guys they've got, but that they're interested in churning the bottom of that position group, too. That's not a surprise, given what we've seen them do to motivate guys with competition at a position group already.

If they were really interested in addressing RB, and if they really had missed the boat re: the draft, they'd be doing what they did two off seasons ago at OT and filling a bunch of their extra roster spots with CFAs. Or like they did last year at DE. And like they're doing this season at LB. Instead, they've got 4 spots allocated to the position and all their doing is toggling that RB4. That's hardly a commitment.

And I want to be clear, I don't love our RBs. They're all question marks and injury risks in my book. I may like a couple of the candidates better than others--and I love William's as a longshot just because of his personality, but I don't love what we've done at that position at all. I just believe it's pretty obvious at this point that the team likes its options better than we do. At the very least, I think they want to see how these guys handle the work before they consider moving a bottom-roster player or a late pick to bring in anybody else.

 

[links18]

This is the guy who predicted he would win the heisman. Reminds me of a lance Dunbar. Good space player. Highly recruited in HS. Anyone who was being honest with themselves knew synjyn days wouldn't make this team.

Well then there are a lot of dishonest posters on this board then, because about half had him penciled in as our short yardage specialist.

 

[AsthmaField]

They keep saying they like these RBs, but their actions say differently.

Because they brought in Seastrunk?

 

[AsthmaField]

Well then there are a lot of dishonest posters on this board then, because about half had him penciled in as our short yardage specialist.

I was so honest with myself that I never really even thought about Days. Like, at all.

To be fair though, I have had plenty of "pet cats" that were UDFA's. Days just wasn't one of them.

Last year, I really liked Ben Malena and had some hopes for him. Yeah, that didn't work out too well for me.

 

[Teague31]

It's a $ thing too. Dunbar is supposed to make like 1.5 if I remember correctly. If the new lance gives you the same thing for the vet minimum you should make the switch

 

[xwalker]

Even if they don't like the RBs on the roster, there is not much they can do about it at this point. I don't think they are satisfied with the RBs and I expect them to keep trying to upgrade whenever possible. It was a gamble to let Murray walk without a solid backup plan and they lost that gamble when the draft didn't fall in their favor. They keep saying they like these RBs, but their actions say differently.

What actions?

They signed LB Justin Jackson. Is that an indication they are not satisfied with Lee, McClain, Hitchens?

Seastrunk appears to have practice squad eligibility. That's probably where they expect him to end up this season.