Hawkeye0202
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I hope your right
This is why I have said perhaps MM sees something we don't...........
I hope your right
I agree with you Ronnie! great post. Can't wait to see these guys run behind the line next weekend, I hope its Rico that gets the start!I am always fascinated when folks who only toted the rock in sandlot ball in 5th grade are so eager to assert what guys who have actually done it at a high level can and cannot do. Most of these people declaring what Zeke, Rico, Vaughan or whomever will be wouldn't know a sprint draw from a speed option from a 24 dive. They're just parroting. I will always stand on my assertion that the RB group will be just fine so long as the line isn't getting mauled. Runnin the ball is a skill you either have or you don't and only age, injury or just plain wear and tear can take it from you. The Cowboys have two one cut runners in Zeke and Rico. Both hit the hole hard and are tough to bring down. The biggest difference between them is Rico is quicker and Zeke is stronger. Both traits work if the line blocks. Neither of them is going to get TFL'd a lot because they will drag the first tackler with them for positive yards if the line does allow one guy to leak through. Vaughan is the change of pace speed back who the coaches will have to be creative in deploying. I think McCarthy can do that..
I also think Cook and Freeman will find a way onto the game day roster for a handful of games each. People need to accept that McCarthy aint no Chuck Knox disciple. This team will be 60% pass on offense unless they are just blowing somebody out. And in those games where they do blow the other team expect to see some house call runs from Rico and Deuce because the defense will have tapped out. Which will inevitably lead to the usual hue and cry about how they need to get all the carries and Zeke needs to be cut. But we all know what Ron White said about stupid...
This is why I have said perhaps MM sees something we don't...........
Last year, Dowdle had the best YPC at 4.1They are better than last year.
NOPEWe have two backs that are completely out of gas in Elliott and Cook. And two backs who have done next to nothing in the NFL. We are at a point where Rico Dowdle is our best hope to have an adequate every down back
Is it possible we have one of the worst HB groups of all time. I honestly cant remember a worse group anywhere
McFadden had a good year for us.The group we had with Darren McFadden and Joseph Randle were pretty bad in 2015. McFadden was at the end of the line and Randle who wasn’t all that great ended up getting suspended during the season for stealing underwear.Romo ended up having to carry the team which led to him getting injured. The year prior we had a great running game with DeMarco Murray who set a franchise record with over 1800 yards. The Joneses tried to convince us that a committee of average backs would work. McFadden had just over 1000 yards but a better back would’ve gotten at least 1300 behind the great OL we had. McFadden only had 3 rushing TDs compared to Murray who had 13 in 2014.
Yeah but we heard it through the grapevine that they're not any good. Who needs to see them play..
BARKLEY as wellZeke wasn't overdrafted. He was a consensus top 5-10 pick. This was in a era where teams were still taking running backs top 10. Fournette, McCaffery, etc.
They let Murray walk because they determined he wasn't worth the contract he was asking for.
The only thing I don't remember is Romo getting hurt because of his running back......what do you mean by this?
I am always fascinated when folks who only toted the rock in sandlot ball in 5th grade are so eager to assert what guys who have actually done it at a high level can and cannot do. Most of these people declaring what Zeke, Rico, Vaughan or whomever will be wouldn't know a sprint draw from a speed option from a 24 dive. They're just parroting. I will always stand on my assertion that the RB group will be just fine so long as the line isn't getting mauled. Runnin the ball is a skill you either have or you don't and only age, injury or just plain wear and tear can take it from you. The Cowboys have two one cut runners in Zeke and Rico. Both hit the hole hard and are tough to bring down. The biggest difference between them is Rico is quicker and Zeke is stronger. Both traits work if the line blocks. Neither of them is going to get TFL'd a lot because they will drag the first tackler with them for positive yards if the line does allow one guy to leak through. Vaughan is the change of pace speed back who the coaches will have to be creative in deploying. I think McCarthy can do that..
I also think Cook and Freeman will find a way onto the game day roster for a handful of games each. People need to accept that McCarthy aint no Chuck Knox disciple. This team will be 60% pass on offense unless they are just blowing somebody out. And in those games where they do blow the other team expect to see some house call runs from Rico and Deuce because the defense will have tapped out. Which will inevitably lead to the usual hue and cry about how they need to get all the carries and Zeke needs to be cut. But we all know what Ron White said about stupid...
right somehow the Pittsburgh steelers Harris has an under 4 yards per carry career average but hes not being talked about as washed, hes their starter LMAO back in the day MOST Big power backs like Eddie Geroge almost NEVER cracked 4 YPC and they were thought of as great LOLMcFadden had a good year for us.
4.6ypc. Almost 1100 yards, and only started 10 games.
McFadden deserves nothing but thanks from Cowboy fans for that season.
He only scored 3 TDs, which was 10 fewer than DeMarco Murray the previous year and he had 750 fewer rushing yards. His 4.6 average was very misleading. He averaged under 4.0 a carry in 7 games. He had a big run in one game, which jacked his average up to over 12.0. In the first two games of the season he averaged 2.67 and 3.10. Romo had to carry us in those games which led to him getting injured. Against Carolina later in the season, McFadden was horrible. In 10 carries he averaged only 1.10 and missed a block that got Romo re-injured and lost for the rest of the season. If McFadden was good for us that season we wouldn’t have used a top 5 pick on Zeke the following year.McFadden had a good year for us.
4.6ypc. Almost 1100 yards, and only started 10 games.
McFadden deserves nothing but thanks from Cowboy fans for that season.
who cares what they did last year it's what they do this year that matters..Last year, Dowdle had the best YPC at 4.1
Then Pollard at 4.0.
So we got worse losing our 2nd best and replacing him with two guys well under 4.0.
Ugh.
What a sorry group.
If anything, Hambrick makes a better comparison to Pollard. He replaced Smith after a strong showing as RB2. Same goes with Pollard. Struggled as RB1. Bad ypc, but taking the bulk of the carries shot his total yardage up near 1k. Was off the team the following year. Completely different players on the field, but similar career arc. Saw it coming a mile away. Some guys just aren't meant to carry the load.Posters are gravitating to the Troy Hambrick comparison. Say what you will about Hambrick, but he nearly rushed for 1,000 yards the year Emmitt left. Ain't no back on this roster sniffing 1k.
This RB room is baaad...and I mean week old sushi bad, not James Brown bad.
You better be since you're really taking it to a whole new level.Half backs? Lol...
Two halves make a whole back...I'd rather look at it like that.....yes, I know....I'm a homer and boot licker. I good with that.
I don't better be anything....I want to be positive and not a whining and squealer....you better be there latter, you took it to a whole ne level a long time ago.You better be since you're really taking it to a whole new level.
this offense has been nowhere close to the saying the last 14 years... it's changed a lot over the last five years... you realize zeke almost put up 9000 yards in this offense from 2016-2022? . Murray 1800 as cowboys record if you want to go back that far ie 10 years ago..SMH please use real facts not made up dramatic outbursts.. we've had a lot of rushing crowns here and those 14 years..last 4 years been up and down for sure..alot to do with the OL injuries etcI dunno how good or bad they will be but part of this depends on what plays are called along with blocking scheme. If they call the same stuff with no imagination, no misdirection, same running formation they've used the last 14 years then it's going to look pretty ugly all season...