Looking Like McFadden Will Be The Starter

[DeaconMoss]

If McFadden doesn't work out (which I hope he does), we can blame the FO for that. We had so many opportunities this year to get a reliable back like CJ and the FO is just too stubborn about it. Its too bad because were going to have to worry about McFadden being a glass cannon throughout the year and we will never know if he can survive they year without injury until he actually does it.

You mean the CJ who has a hammy and out for 2 weeks? DMC==Cj2K.........Old and over the hill
Both are backups and fire insurance plans for 100 carries

 

[DeaconMoss]

I just cant believe the FO is relying on these two backs, we have a chance at winning the SB which might have went out the window bc they were too stubborn and didnt want to pay Murray

Matthews looked better than Murray did in their game. Murray looked real slow and lumbering compared to Sproles and Matthews.

 

[DeaconMoss]

Anyone here have knowledge of the 9ers depth chart? Hyde and bush seem like locks and so does hayne. That's three backs and they'll probably carry a fb. That leaves hunter and Mike davis. I'd be interested in giving davis a look if he ends up being the odd man out.

Id say Hunter is the odd man out

 

[chicago JK]

Id say Hunter is the odd man out

I thought Hunter looked like a player at Ok State and when he got a few chances as a rookie. I liked him much better than Randle entering the pros. Although, I believe he tore an ACL a season or two ago. That would give him much more pause on him.

 

[NextGenBoys]

I just drafted Joseph Randle in the 4th round of my money league fantasy draft last night and thought I got a steal.

Gonna be really upset if he's not the starter. Upset for my fantasy and my real team.

Terrible pick. You KNEW we were going to be a committee, why invest a 4th round pick on a committee running back? A steal would be getting Davonte Adams in the 10th like I did bahahaha

 

[DeaconMoss]

I still think our primary RB isn't on the team yet.

I know a good place to look for one:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2324344-10-young-stars-of-world-rugby-to-watch-out-for-in-2015

 

[DFWJC]

I just cant believe the FO is relying on these two backs, we have a chance at winning the SB which might have went out the window bc they were too stubborn and didnt want to pay Murray

I would've been on board bringing someone else in via the draft or whatever.
However....
Check back in at the end of the season and see how Murray did.

 

[Blackspider214]

I would've been on board bringing someone else in via the draft or whatever.
However....
Check back in at the end of the season and see how Murray did.

It will be hard for me to judge Murray in what he's doing at Philly. They run a completely different system and the talent he has on offense around him is not as good as Dallas, especially the OL. And the fact he will not be the big bell cow like he was last year.

I think he fit this system very well. I was not that upset we let him go because I trusted the FO really had a plan to replace him. But all they did was pick up McFadden. Terrible.

 

[31smackdown]

With the OLine play last night you can't really get a feel for what either one of them is going to look like. All you could gather was how they perform with a bad line and penetration. We have seen that McFadden struggles when he needs to stop within his first 3 steps, almost like he has those pre planned and is not reacting to what is in front of him. He looks like he wants to hit things as fast as possible and almost slash through to the second level, where Randle looks to read a little more and then cut off of what is there. The result seems to be if the blocks are there McFadden is 7 yards downfield very, very quickly once he plants with his first few steps but somewhat off balance to make his next cut. Randle is more patient but may get stacked up waiting for something to open. He has a more start and stop then McFadden. He may need to learn when to take what is not there and drive to get the dirty 2 yards, instead of the 2 yard loss looking for something that is not happening. You just get the sense that when McFadden runs that he's hitting it faster and if there is a hole he will eat them up in a hurry which is not something Murray could do. Randle has the potential to be more like Murray with the ability to make some miss at the second level. Unfortunately Randle still needs to improve his blitz pickup a little and show he can hold onto the ball when he is getting more carries. It's easy to look good for 5 runs a game, but we haven't seen what he looks like for 20 runs. I'm interested to see what McFadden looks like once he gets some of his timing down with the Oline. With the holes they can open he can have a lot of 15 yard runs with the burst that he has to get past linebackers. In both cases, we just need more data to make any kind of true determination.

 

[Knotamus]

hahhaah dumb post, Latavius murray showed he was miles ahead of DMC last year. Mcfadden had no burst whatsoever, thats why they didnt bring him back. As for Randle hes ok but how many carries cna he handle and isnt good in pass pro. Murrya will end up being a huge loss bc hes a phenom 1 cut runner which is perfect for our style of offense.

Calling someone dumb because of thier opinions is very childish and isn't the type of responses that are usually tolerated here on Cowboyszone.com. If people don't agree with your own assessment of the Cowboys RB situation, dosen't mean they are any less intelligent than you are. And I'll add, the Cowboys FO dosent agree with you either. So try growing up before you post such a ridiculous and comical comment. It really says a lot about who you are.

 

[ufcrules1]

I just cant believe the FO is relying on these two backs, we have a chance at winning the SB which might have went out the window bc they were too stubborn and didnt want to pay Murray

I know it absolutely kills me. It's ok to let Murray go but you HAVE to have a back up plan. The obsessed about the defense and ignored the RB position. Acted like the only reason we were good at RB is because of the offensive line. For once we finally had an outstanding run game last year and our team kicked major butt because of it, now we are just going to ignore the position and put scrubs/unproven players back there? Dumb man.

 

[KJJ]

Looking at Randle and McFadden yesterday it's pick your poison.

 

[KJJ]

they'll throw it more this season

They will and if they have to throw a lot more the Cowboys will likely be scratching and clawing for 9 wins.

 

[KJJ]

I see nothing from this game that suggests that McFadden will be the starter. Do they trust him more as a pass blocker? Probably. But that doesn't make him the starter.

I do think Randle needs to add more physicality to his blocking style though. If he wants to win it out right.

Randle missed at least one block yesterday that resulted in him being called for holding.

 

[big dog cowboy]

With the OLine play last night you can't really get a feel for what either one of them is going to look like.

Don't think that is going to change in the next 2 weeks either.

 

[Deep_South]

We'll probably have to wait for the draft next year for Jerry to get Tony his Terrell Davis.

 

[Denim Chicken]

McFadden showed exactly what I believe are his primary problems. He doesn't run to daylight, shifting to find where the hole actually is, but instead will run into blockers and defenders when all he had to do was make a cut to pick up a few more yards. And he doesn't have good balance. His forward lean allows him to deliver a good blow if a defender tackles him high, but it also makes him vulnerable to just falling down or being tripped up fairly easily.

That sounds exactly like most posters description of Murray last year, so we should be able to get 1800 yards out of him.

 

[CATCH17]

I know it absolutely kills me. It's ok to let Murray go but you HAVE to have a back up plan. The obsessed about the defense and ignored the RB position. Acted like the only reason we were good at RB is because of the offensive line. For once we finally had an outstanding run game last year and our team kicked major butt because of it, now we are just going to ignore the position and put scrubs/unproven players back there? Dumb man.

You were always going to have to put a unproven guy back there unless you made a trade for a guy.

I'm not worried about it.


What bothers me is when Cowboyszone has a seizure everytime a run play gets stuffed and blames it immediately on the RB.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I just cant believe the FO is relying on these two backs, we have a chance at winning the SB which might have went out the window bc they were too stubborn and didnt want to pay Murray

Agreed 100%
A huge, huge part of our identity walked out the door when Murray left. Replacing those 1800 yards is going to be tough and even with their quantity over quality approach I still don't see it happening, although I do hope I am wrong.

 

[CATCH17]

Agreed 100%
A huge, huge part of our identity walked out the door when Murray left. Replacing those 1800 yards is going to be tough and even with their quantity over quality approach I still don't see it happening, although I do hope I am wrong.

Even with Murray you should expect the production to go down.