JR here is your chance to prove your worth

[RunDMC]

On which plays last week was Randle easily tackled? I only saw 1 play where I thought he should have broken the tackle for a bigger gain. On his other 15 carries I don't think Murray would have done any better.

Yeah the only issue I really saw with Randle was he had some balancing issues, but I think that was due to nerves being it his first start at the lead back. Once his nerves settled Randle looked just fine.

I expect both Randle and McFadden to be a big part of the game plan.

 

[AsthmaField]

You look a little fat in that space suit...

 

[xwalker]

Yeah the only issue I really saw with Randle was he had some balancing issues, but I think that was due to nerves being it his first start at the lead back. Once his nerves settled Randle looked just fine.

I expect both Randle and McFadden to be a big part of the game plan.

I expect Randle to again have around 16 carries again but McFadden likely has more than the 6 he had last week.

If the defense replaces a LB with at DB when Dunbar is in the game, then he might get some carries. If they stay with the LB then he again be a receiver.

 

[Bullet22]

I expect nobody here knows what is going to happen....

 

[KJJ]

I tend to agree with Broaddus in that the Eagles defense is susceptible to gaping holes in the run game. In that scenario, you want the guy that bursts through holes with elite speed, and that would be McFadden, not Randle.

Randle showed last season he can burst through holes not sure how elite McFadden's speed is after an injury plagued 7 years. I'm wondering how his hammy is doing after only getting 6 carries last week.

 

[theogt]

Randle showed last season he can burst through holes not sure how elite McFadden's speed is after an injury plagued 7 years. I'm wondering how his hammy is doing after only getting 6 carries last week.

McFadden's speed on the field relative to Randle's is like night and day. It's not even close, really.

 

[KJJ]

McFadden's speed on the field relative to Randle's is like night and day. It's not even close, really.

I'm not saying McFadden isn't faster than Randle I'm saying I'm not sure how elite his speed still is after an injury plagued 7 years. Randle hasn't timed very fast but he plays faster than he times and did produce a 65 yard TD run last season.

 

[theogt]

I'm not saying McFadden isn't faster than Randle I'm saying I'm not sure how elite his speed still is after an injury plagued 7 years. Randle hasn't timed very fast but he plays faster than he times and did produce a 65 yard TD run last season.

Not sure what more you need to see. In preseason and week 1 his speed was pretty apparent.

 

[KJJ]

Not sure what more you need to see. In preseason and week 1 his speed was pretty apparent.

Hard to gauge that he still has "elite" speed with his longest run being only 8 yards this season. I'm not saying he's not fast but I can't imagine he's still running in the 4.3 range after 7 years in the league with all the injuries he's had.

 

[CF74]

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

JR have the type of game today that makes us not put a RB in the mock drafts here at the Zone for 2016

Thought that's why we got CMichael.

 

[xwalker]

Hard to gauge that he still has "elite" speed with his longest run being only 8 yards this season. I'm not saying he's not fast but I can't imagine he's still running in the 4.3 range after 7 years in the league with all the injuries he's had.

I watched all of McFadden's runs in 2014 and I watched a few of his games going back to his rookie season. He does not appear to have lost much if any speed. He probably lost a little lateral quickness, but his long speed is still elite.

His issue has always been that he needs a step or two to get up to speed because he is a long strider. If he ever comes to a full stop during a run it's probably not going to be a good result; however, in the Cowboys running scheme he gets to start moving and then make a cut and turn on the jets.

There was 1 play last week where he did basically stop and restart and that was a 1 yard gain. He needed to either cut it up inside or take it outside immediately instead of hesitating.

They need to be certain to coach him differently than Randle or how they coached Murray in the past because he can get to the far outside on plays that they can't. The Cowboys generally discourage taking it far outside, but with McFadden it's actually a good option.