Point taken.
But I don't believe for one second that there weren't tailbacks available in the mid rounds.
And I don't believe for one second that any of those RB's would have contributed more than what Randle, McFadden and Dunbar are contributing now.
Tevon Coleman is hurt and only averaging 3.9 ypc and 0 receptions.
Ameer Abdullah has yet to gain 100 yards on the season.
David Johnson has gained a whopping 67 yards this season.
Duke Johnson has gained a whopping 68 yards this season.
The only rookie RB's that were drafted and have done anything are Melvin Gordon (already gone by the time we drafted) and Matt Jones
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We will rue the day by letting this opportunity slip all because we thought that anyone can run behind this oline.
What opportunity?
It was a weak RB draft class outside of Gordon and Gurley (who is injured).
I'm ok with letting Murray leave in FA. However, we should have found a way to try and equal his productivity and should have looked for a back that has equal or better qualities than Murray.
Equaling the productivity of a RB that set the NFL record for 100 yard games rushing in a row to start a season and had the most yards rushing of any Cowboys player in a season in the history of the organization is a pretty tall order. And quite frankly, it's just unreasonable.
If you wanted Murray, your best bet was to retain him.
And now look at him....he's had 11 rushing yards on 21 carries and is out with a hamstring injury. Seems like we made the right move to me by letting him go.
There were still several on this types of backs left in the 3rd round or lower.
Where?
Why are they not performing well?
Why is Melvin Gordon the only RB that is performing decently (4.3 ypc)?
As of now our run game is not nearly as close to what it was last year. We have gone back to a pass happy offense - using more dink and dunk passes to our backs. We no longer can impose our will on other teams because our backs are more of a change of pace types rather than the workhorse type of back. Thats too bad. And all that it took was getting a runningback in the midrounds.
We are dink and dunk because we lost Dez. Williams really doesn't have the skills to be a consistent deep ball threat.
I'm not happy with the run game either. I don't like Randle in short yardage and McFadden is too inconsistent.
But, what you're asking for is unreasonable and doesn't make any sense. You want to equal the production of a player with a mid-round rookie RB when that player set records for rushing last year. And none of the mid-round rookies, outside of Matt Jones who had 1 good game, have shown anywhere near an inkling of the talent Murray has.
We need to get Dez and Romo back. Free is a real concern because he looked like garbage in the second half. And we still scored 28 points on offense with Brandon Weeden and no Dez with a hobbling Witten. What we need to be concerned about is the defense. Particularly that since the 90's this defense continually finds ways to disappoint at home. They tend to perform more consistently on the road than they do at home.
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