Phillip Tanner

[juck]

Guys a horse. Hard runner. I never understood why he doesnt get more of a chance in reg season.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Dunbar looks good too. Looks like Randle will be the #4.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Dunbar looks good too. Looks like Randle will be the #4.

Ha, maybe we should wait a bit longer than the HOF game before making this call?

 

[durrrr]

Guys a horse. Hard runner. I never understood why he doesnt get more of a chance in reg season.

He lost weight and is playing much quicker as a result.

 

[AsthmaField]

Tanner has been a bit of a pet cat of mine since his rookie season. I really like the guy. Maybe they give him more chances this year.

 

[Vanilla2]

Tanner has to play hard.

His next employer is watching.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Tanner has to play hard.

His next employer is watching.

This. No way we carry 4 backs

 

[Vertigo_17]

Tanner looked better than Dunbar, but of a surprise but encouraging.

 

[Big D]

Tanner will be the #2 rb IMO

 

[Wolfpack]

Love Tanner.

 

[IAmLegend]

1. Murray
2. Tanner
3. Dunbar
4. Randle (unfairly getting bench splitters)

 

[TheCowboy]

Very good game from him. I guess the weight loss really helped him.

 

[Iago33]

I still don't trust his vision.

 

[Rack]

I still don't trust his vision.

Yeah he missed quite a few holes today, but there is a place for a hard running back even if they don't have good vision.

Murray
Randle
Tanner
Dunbar

Those will be our RBs, not necessarily in that order.

 

[Idgit]

Tanner has been a bit of a pet cat of mine since his rookie season. I really like the guy. Maybe they give him more chances this year.

Mine, too. Though I have to admit, I was a bit disappointed with him last year. It didn't seem at times he was running with the same determination. But tonight reminded me of everything I like about him. Great balance, love his spin move and how he keeps churning. He looks like he packs a load, too, when he gets into the pile. Always falling forward. Good stuff.

All our backs looked good. Randle looked quicker on the field than I thought he would at the NFL level. I thought Tanner looked the best of all of them, by a country mile, though.

 

[sbark]

We know Murray is the one, I think the Cowboys would love to have Tanner step up to #2 because of his size and toughness to pass protect, Dunbar would have to show a special knack at his size to pass protect, Randle---a rookie, he's going to have to show up on pass protect film consistently to move up the ladder.

 

[Vanilla2]

Murray and Randle aren't going anywhere.

They seem to really like Dunbar as a 3rd down scat back type contributor.

So that IMO leaves tanner and Lawrence on the outside looking in.

I don't see this team keeping 4 backs and 4 TE's.

Especially with the issues at guard.

Tanner will make a team

Just not the Cowboys.

 

[durrrr]

This. No way we carry 4 backs

I love these statements.

Yes, there is a way we carry four backs.

 

[DFWJC]

It's early guys.
Randle started camp late and is a tentative rookie right now. He's so much better than what we will see early on.
Loved Tanners work tonight though

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Tanner sure is making the RB decision difficult. Hard to cut a guy who playes like that tonight. We need to see him against the 1st stringers the next several games.

All four backup RBs looked pretty good. Good competition.