News: Cowboys Trade for Christine Michael per Schefter

[bayeslife]

This move is going to be so underrated until we look at his production this time mid-season.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Dez

I was shocked we kept him over Gardener

 

[xwalker]

you think the coaches in Dallas will be able to force the guy to break his bad habits of using his hand wrong to run with the ball? the coaches out in Seattle couldn't force him to break his bad habits of wrongly using his hands to protect the football while running which led to a lot of fumbles.

He has 1 career fumble.

 

[bayeslife]

He has 1 career fumble.

That doesn't sound right. I thought he had 3?

Not an issue I'm particularly worried about anyway, but I thought I saw his 3 year numbers showed 3 fumbles.

 

[Nightman]

That would make sense. Given his other measurables, including the 10 and 20 yard splits, the 4.5 seems very out of place.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

It might take a couple weeks, but I believe Michael will spilt snaps with McFadden with Randle being his primary "backup" with Michael getting snaps on run downs and McFadden getting snaps on passing downs.

Michael in my opinion is a superior player to Randle and comes in with a similar rap sheet right now. Good runner who is unproven ( moreso then "bad") in pass pro. Given Randle knows the offense I believe for the first couple weeks of the season he will be the primary runner, but a major fire has been lit under him

I doubt Michael even makes the game day roster. Don't see the Boy's having 4 rb's active. Dunbar most likely will because he's receiving threat.

 

[theogt]

http://www.fieldgulls.com/nfl-draft...raft-2014-sparq-profiling-part-3-running-back

A great read on why Michaels is considered an athletic freak.

So the guy tested better at the combine than Chris Johnson, Ladanian Tomlinson, McFadden, Peterson, Forte, LeSean McCoy and Jamaal Charles.

 

[darthseinfeld]

So who picked him up in FF?

 

[darthseinfeld]

I doubt Michael even makes the game day roster. Don't see the Boy's having 4 rb's active. Dunbar most likely will because he's receiving threat.

Dunbar wont see the field unless McFadden gets hurt

 

[MichaelWinicki]

This post on the Seahawks board made me laugh-out-loud...

"Those on the Cowboys board are going bananas over this. Idiots think we got f-jax to be lynch's replacement someday."

 

[CCBoy]

Then on this Exhibition Season: During the 2015 preseason, the Beaumont, Texas, native carried the ball 32 times for 118 yards. His best games came at the tail end of the exhibition season, when he carried seven times for 37 yards in the third preseason game against San Diego, and then eight times for 39 yards in the preseason finale against Oakland.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...ike-trade-seattle-backup-rb-christine-michael

 

[Macnalty]

Thanks for the info, was he Lynch's main backup last year ?

Turbin and Michaels, Turbin was the better pass blocker so he was in on 3rd downs. He played behind Lynch so there were not going to be a lot of touches left over. Michaels talent is elite his head is right there with Randal so not so sure what we will have consistently every Sunday I guess just like McClain from last year.

 

[theogt]

Athleticism on paper and athleticism on the field are two different things. Don't get me wrong. I like this trade and looking forward to seeing him run behind this offensive line

He didn't put up those numbers on paper. Athleticism is athleticism. But that doesn't make someone a good football player. It just has a high correlation with it.

 

[CCBoy]

This post on the Seahawks board made me laugh-out-loud...

"Those on the Cowboys board are going bananas over this. Idiots think we got f-jax to be lynch's replacement someday."

Yea, burn barrel material there...and like much of the media, a wolf in sheep's clothing trying to lead.

 

[TonyS]

Would rather have seen Randle go than Edwards, but with McFragile in there I guess they figured Randle was still necessary as a backstop. I'd drop Randle for Ball in a heartbeat, but that's only because I don't trust him to be the player he needs to be all season.

McFadden, Michael and Ball has a nice ring to it.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Dunbar wont see the field unless McFadden gets hurt

He'll be on the 45 game day. My point. Michaels won't unless Randle/McFadden have an injury.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Its interesting especially after our last draft that the two guys we showed interest in, West and Michael, are both Sparqi's

 

[darthseinfeld]

He'll be on the 53. My point. Michaels won't unless Randle/McFadden have an injury.

So we are going to cut Michael?

 

[xwalker]

Unsure how you arrived at this. Statistically, he only had 2 fumbles over 2013 and 2014 and 1 in 2015. Did I miss something? That's 3 fumbles out of 105 carries for a back that's used sparingly. Maybe it's correctable. I suppose we'll see.

Christine Michael has 52 career carries with 1 fumble.

 

[DeaconBlues]

Exactly.
I don't get this as any remote sense of desperation.
They have saying for MONTHS that they are keeping an eye on , and have no way ruled out, adding a RB if it upgrades even in the smallest way.

Something like this...a low end move that could, if the opportunity presented itself...was totally expected.

If we were trying to trade a mid rounder or higher for a way more established back...say Forte or someone...then that would show they are highly unhappy with our starters.

Do I think they needed to fortify the position? Yes. Personally I did.

Don't you know how dangerous it is to bring facts to a CZ spork fight???