News: Darren McFadden’s Injury Woes Continue to Plague Him

[gimmesix]

They lost their starting RB and their backup was dealing with off the field issues that could have led to a suspension at the start of the 2015 season so they had to sign someone. What better option did they have at the price they wanted to pay? They wanted to go cheap at RB because they're convinced any back can produce behind their OL.

I think they would have added a veteran back even if Randle wasn't dealing with off-the-field issues. I believe the Cowboys wanted someone who at least has been there, done that as far as carrying the load goes, ignoring the fact that the last time McFadden did that well was four years ago.

There may have been better options available at that time and for a similar price, but this was the veteran option they chose for better or worse.

 

[Doomsday101]

Latavius Murray started three games behind that line, he averaged 4.9 on 12 carries, 3.7 on 23 carries and 3.7 on 10 carries. and in the 4.9 game he broke a 25 yarder.

He did not do well starting behind that line. Look into it a bit further, he had only 84 carries for the year. Is anyone here saying Randall is better than Demarco based off of his 51 carries?

I agree. Randle is going to get his chance to prove it. I wish him the best not for his sake but for the sake of the Cowboys. YPC can be very deceiving when talking 51 carries in 16 games. You can go out have 1 run for TD of 60 yards that is great but it also represents 1 offensive series. If on the next 10 carries you avg 2 yard and the offense is stalling out then the overall number does not indicate the true performance. To me it is like sinking a 25 foot putt for a birdie yet on the other holes you 3 putting so in the end you did not have a great day putting you just had 1 long putt

 

[xwalker]

You made a similar comment about McFadden saying he's made tens of millions making it sound like money wasn't important to him. If Johnson is so well off after making tens of millions why does he need a lot of guaranteed money. You always come off like you know exactly what players are thinking and you do it with posters on this board. You don't know what he needs or doesn't need unless you have a quote from him saying what he needs.

Many many players have been in this situation where they don't want to come to training camp with the possibility of being cut if the team finds better or cheaper options. Guaranteed money makes the team commit to the player before training camp.

Even players that have made way less, have turned down offers to come to training camp without guaranteed money. Montrae Holland declined an offer from the Cowboys in 2012 because they would not give him guaranteed money. He didn't want to go through TC and then be cut if they found cheaper options with their young players. He choose retirement over coming to camp on a non-guaranteed contract.

Most of your postings seem as you are completely uninformed about the NFL and don't understand the simplest concepts. You post a bunch of strong opinions, but I don't see any sign that they are informed opinions.

 

[KJJ]

Latavius Murray started three games behind that line, he averaged 4.9 on 12 carries, 3.7 on 23 carries and 3.7 on 10 carries. and in the 4.9 game he broke a 25 yarder.

He did not do well starting behind that line. Look into it a bit further, he had only 84 carries for the year. Is anyone here saying Randall is better than Demarco based off of his 51 carries?

Some here probably think Randle is better based on his quickness and the long runs he's had that jacked up his rushing average. You see a lot of backs with less than 100 carries with some impressive averages due to breaking a few lengthy runs. Many thought Troy Hambrick would make a great starter due to a nice rushing average on few carries. Backing up Emmitt he had rushing averages of 4.7 in 2000 and 5.1 in 2001. He always managed to break off a nice 15-25 yard run on 8-9 carries which gave him a nice rushing average but once he became the starter and his carries increased his rushing average dropped to 4.0 in 2002 and 3.5 in 2003.

It was the same with Marion Barber did very well on few carries as a backup popping some nice runs which kept his rushing average up but it dropped off with more carries as a starter. The same with Felix Jones as a backup with few carries he averaged 8.9 his rookie year and 5.9 his second year all due to few carries and some long runs. His rushing average took a big drop once his carries increased. The same will happen with Randle his 6.7 rushing average will take a big drop in 2015 due to a lot more carries.

 

[perrykemp]

prediction - Darren McFadden is one of the final cuts in the preseason.

I don't think so, however, it wouldn't be shocking either.

 

[DandyDon52]

Latavius Murray started three games behind that line, he averaged 4.9 on 12 carries, 3.7 on 23 carries and 3.7 on 10 carries. and in the 4.9 game he broke a 25 yarder.

He did not do well starting behind that line. Look into it a bit further, he had only 84 carries for the year. Is anyone here saying Randall is better than Demarco based off of his 51 carries?

Murray had a 80 yard run in his first game, and it is a small sample, but Oakland coaches did bench DMC and then did not want him back.
and it wasnt injury related.

 

[xwalker]

After I heard he was breaking linebackers' ankles in practice last year, I expected him to have a bigger role as a change-of-pace back. I wanted to see us mix in that speed element on screen passes, underneath passes and draw plays, but we barely incorporated the things he is supposed to do best.

I would hope that if we do keep him we actually find a way to use him. Otherwise, intelligent, hard worker, very fast and talented is just empty praise.

I see it as a sign of having a good team when some talented players are under utilized. My guess is that if Beasley has been unavailable, that many of those empty backfield sets would have been replaced with Dunbar in the backfield.

I really thought both Dunbar and Randle should have played a few more snaps. Garrett basically let Murray play as many snaps as he wanted. It was odd that Murray played deep into the final meaningless game last season. There were other times they were up on the scoreboard where they could have given more snaps to Randle/Dunbar but that's not Garrett's way of doing things. It is similar with Witten playing almost 100% of the snaps when it's not really necessary in many situations.

 

[KJJ]

Many many players have been in this situation where they don't want to come to training camp with the possibility of being cut if the team finds better or cheaper options. Guaranteed money makes the team commit to the player before training camp.

Even players that have made way less, have turned down offers to come to training camp without guaranteed money. Montrae Holland declined an offer from the Cowboys in 2012 because they would not give him guaranteed money. He didn't want to go through TC and then be cut if they found cheaper options with their young players. He choose retirement over coming to camp on a non-guaranteed contract.

Most of your postings seem as you are completely uninformed about the NFL and don't understand the simplest concepts. You post a bunch of strong opinions, but I don't see any sign that they are informed opinions.

Montrae Holland is a guard it's a lot different for RB's in a pass happy league that doesn't value RB's like they use to. An RB is considered old by 29-30 so they have to take whatever opportunity they can get. Not many teams are going to guarantee much if any money to a 29 year old RB like Chris Johnson who only lasted one year with the Jets. Not only is he not nearly the back he was he was shot in the arm in a drive by shooting in March and who knows what that was all about. The fact he's still without a team in June tells you no one is interested. It's probably going to take an injury in camp for some team to bring him in. If he still wants to play football he'll have to take what's offered and it won't be much.

Not currently with a team while clubs are preparing for training camp with OTA's and mini camps is not helping him. My postings are very informed because I do research before formulating an opinion and submitting it here. All you do is make assumptions and act like you can get inside the heads of players and posters on this board. Someone will post a comment and you'll explain what they meant. lol You'll go on and say "what they really mean" and give your own interpretation it's been a common theme with you.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I think someone will emerge to be the primary back and will see close to 200 carries on the season.

Hmmm...I'll have to say that I'll be pretty surprised by that.

 

[gimmesix]

I see it as a sign of having a good team when some talented players are under utilized. My guess is that if Beasley has been unavailable, that many of those empty backfield sets would have been replaced with Dunbar in the backfield.

I really thought both Dunbar and Randle should have played a few more snaps. Garrett basically let Murray play as many snaps as he wanted. It was odd that Murray played deep into the final meaningless game last season. There were other times they were up on the scoreboard where they could have given more snaps to Randle/Dunbar but that's not Garrett's way of doing things. It is similar with Witten playing almost 100% of the snaps when it's not really necessary in many situations.

Being a former backup, you would think that Garrett would be a little more aware of the need to get them playing time.

 

[Doomsday101]

Hmmm...I'll have to say that I'll be pretty surprised by that.

It is an avg of 12.5 carries a game not much of a work load and if a guy can't handle that then Dallas needs to find someone who can.

 

[xwalker]

Being a former backup, you would think that Garrett be a little more aware of the need to get them playing time.

Good point. I guess he was more influenced by the Nineties Cowboys winning because of their star players and how those star players set the tone for the work ethic of the team.

 

[ceerrece]

I think Ryan Williams will have a huge impact on this offense, he played very well last preseason.

 

[xwalker]

Montrae Holland is a guard it's a lot different for RB's in a pass happy league that doesn't value RB's like they use to. An RB is considered old by 29-30 so they have to take whatever opportunity they can get. Not many teams are going to guarantee much if any money to a 29 year old RB like Chris Johnson who only lasted one year with the Jets. Not only is he not nearly the back he was he was shot in the arm in a drive by shooting in March and who knows what that was all about. The fact he's still without a team in June tells you no one is interested. It's probably going to take an injury in camp for some team to bring him in. If he still wants to play football he'll have to take what's offered and it won't be much.

Not currently with a team while clubs are preparing for training camp with OTA's and mini camps is not helping him. My postings are very informed because I do research before formulating an opinion and submitting it here. All you do is make assumptions and act like you can get inside the heads of players and posters on this board. Someone will post a comment and you'll explain what they meant. lol You'll go on and say "what they really mean" and give your own interpretation it's been a common theme with you.

You are doing what you claim that I do. You have no way to know if he has been offered a non-guaranteed contract and turned it down. He has made tens of millions and you try to make it seem as if he is desperate.

Again, you get my vote as least informed poster around here.

 

[KJJ]

You are doing what you claim that I do. You have no way to know if he has been offered a non-guaranteed contract and turned it down. He has made tens of millions and you try to make it seem as if he is desperate.

Again, you get my vote as least informed poster around here.

Why would a 29 year old RB who's best days are long gone turn down any contract offer at this point? He was shot in the arm during a drive-by hanging out in what was likely a bad area of town that alone probably put a number of teams off. Johnson is posing in a pic with some rapper. I can't even post the pic due to the hand gesture that was being made.Johnson looks like a thug in that pic. Dude, we're in June how many teams do you think are going to offer him a guaranteed contract at this point? If he was going to get one it would have happened when he was released and free agency began. We've gone through free agency and the draft and you think he's sitting by the phone while teams have completed a number of OTA's and mini camps waiting for some big guaranteed contract offer? LOL

If he only lasted one season with the Jets and is still sitting around in June unsigned that tells you where his career is at. The Cowboys had a huge need at RB and chose an unproductive injury prone back over Johnson. I get my information from those around the NFL who played, coached and were GM's. I don't just create things I spend a lot of time doing research before giving an opinion. We all make assumptions but I make assumptions based on facts. You just throw comments out there which is why they're so easily broken down.

 

[xwalker]

Why would a 29 year old RB who's best days are long gone turn down any contract offer at this point? He was shot in the arm during a drive-by hanging out in what was likely a bad area of town that alone probably put a number of teams off. Johnson is posing in a pic with some rapper. I can't even post the pic due to the hand gesture that was being made.Johnson looks like a thug in that pic. Dude, we're in June how many teams do you think are going to offer him a guaranteed contract at this point? If he was going to get one it would have happened when he was released and free agency began. We've gone through free agency and the draft and you think he's sitting by the phone while teams have completed a number of OTA's and mini camps waiting for some big guaranteed contract offer? LOL

If he only lasted one season with the Jets and is still sitting around in June unsigned that tells you where his career is at. The Cowboys had a huge need at RB and chose an unproductive injury prone back over Johnson. I get my information from those around the NFL who played, coached and were GM's. I don't just create things I spend a lot of time doing research before giving an opinion. We all make assumptions but I make assumptions based on facts. You just throw comments out there which is why they're so easily broken down.

It appears that not too many people "like" what you have to say.

 

[JoeKing]

lol at so many of the fans that are pushing the panic button over DMC's hammy strain. He'll be okay come training camp, folks. Keep calm and breath. lol

 

[DallasEast]

Johnson is posing in a pic with some rapper. I can't even post the pic due to the hand gesture that was being made.Johnson looks like a thug in that pic.

This is an example that turns off general managers from signing proven players?

lmao.

 

[notherbob]

I think Darren McFadden is just the latest in a long line of Jerry Jones' pipe dreams. If McFadden hadn't gone to Arkansas, Jerry would have had no interest in him.
JMO

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think the McFadden decision might have more to do with what happened in Oakland, more then anything. It's not DeMarco Murray that factored in more, it's Latavius Murray. I think Oakland decided to role with Latavius and that probably didn't sit well with McFadden. DMC may have just decided to come to Dallas because he believes he can put up big numbers behind this line. I have no proof to substantiate this but I think that might be close to the mark. I think McFadden could have seen more money if he had waited. The Market for backs is either very early in FA for the top guys or later in training camp. Teams start looking at options once they know exactly what they have or do not have to start the season. JMO