Rico Dowdle since Week 13

[big dog cowboy]

Zeke and Deuce will be gone.

Cook.

 

[KJJ]

Cook.

Yep and Cook, although it’s almost like he’s never been here.

 

[EPL0c0]

again, the OLine has looked better without Zack Martin

I think it shows just how not healthy Martin has been playing and really gutting it out.

but Hoffman really has shown a lot at LG and then to slide in at C as well against CIN was not bad

 

[blueblood70]

This is why I don't understand we've been saying this all along it wasn't the fact that we rolled into the season without a new young running back or one of these free agents this is on Mike McCarthy he literally obviously didn't see or appreciate rico's but even though I saw last year Rico should have been the starter and Tony should have been backing him up that way Tony could have used his talent to do what he does best is a change of pace back but this year if he needed any extra light shined on rico's talent it would have been the Pittsburgh game he should have been getting 20 carries into Pittsburgh game so you wanna blame Jerry all you want for not getting a running back yeah that's what everybody's focusing on here and what they didn't really understand there's some people out here like myself that said Rico was as good as Tony Rico should have been the starter in the whole running back by committee that experiment should've ended in the Pittsburgh game but we saw this Eddie there's a group of us that knew Rico may not be elite he may not be a great creator he doesn't cut a lot he doesn't have great speed but he's one of those backs if you feed him 20 + * a game much like naji Harris much like Kareem hunt he's in that group he's as good as probably the 16 teams in the league running some people just didn't wanna see it.

Mike McCarthy's at fault for not seeing this and making sure the offense the offensive line the schemes the game planning and the play calls centered around getting the run game going with Rico being the featured back it would've been a lot different but he waited so long now we don't have our starting quarterback our starting wide receiver is is hurt or starting tight end without two games we're missing half our defense sure wait now but this is what you're supposed to be doing in training camp you're supposed to be working this out but I saw it last year this isn't a surprise this just didn't pop up recently Rico went healthy when he's not getting injured it's a very good NFL back that's it he's very good he's not great he's not elite but you can work with a guy like that look at how many games Kansas City has won with Kareem hunt they're the same back don't look at the numbers Harris isn't special either what's special about Harris is that he can run the ball a lot and not get tired or hurt but if you keep feeding guys and you find ways to break the defense down you eventually get what we're seeing at a Rico but it's too little too late as usual that's why Mike McCarthy should have been firing himself and demoting himself because if he can't see the mistakes were made by him..

That's a coach I don't want around he's a better head coach and offensive coordinator but as a head coach he should've saw this and fired himself at the offensive coordinator a long time ago...

 

[blueblood70]

again, the OLine has looked better without Zack Martin

I think it shows just how not healthy Martin has been playing and really gutting it out.

but Hoffman really has shown a lot at LG and then to slide in at C as well against CIN was not bad

look dude that's not why this looks better sure Hoffman and bass have played very well but we saw this in the Pittsburgh game I saw this most times at Rico came in last year he should've been getting those carries at Tony got and Tony should have been backing him up because Tony's better as a change of pace Rico look like this whenever he's healthy he was pretty good at kick returns you could see it in his game if he was healthy and you fed the man his 20 carries a game like backs like he's supposed to this has been happening for longer than just recently most people saw Rico could be a solid starting running back he's not elite he's not special but if you feed him the damn football he looks like this he looked like this last year he looked like this in the Pittsburgh game before Martin went out let's go way back to the Pittsburgh game he's had several games where he could have probably got 100 yards if the stupid offensive coordinator slash head coach would have just kept feeding him the ball..

This is not a new development this is more proof we need a new coaching staff because they let Turpin sit on the bench they let Rico sit on the bench we needed to help on offense and they just let them sit there until it's too late now we've lost like 20 players and everybody's injured the season's over but now you decide to feed him the ball but what happened even in this last game after he's running for nearly seven yards per carry they throw three straight passes with a backup quarterback in a game that was fully in control it was a close game if not time most of the game and you abandoned the run game again when you have somebody hot you know ice him you keep feeding him the ball..

 

[bigE79]

So Mike should just stop running altogether and pass every down. Now why would a guy averaging 7 yards a carry only get 18 carries in a super tight game?

Zeke needs to eat..lol

 

[plasticman]

This is not all Dowdle. He is finding some gaps when he gets the ball in his hands. He is getting an opportunity to demonstrate his elusiveness because now he is able to escape the D-line.

This young offensive line is beginning to come together.

You have 23 year olds Tyler Smith, Tyler Guyton and Cooper Beebe.

You have 25 year old Brock Hoffman and you have "old man" Steele at 27.

That is an average age of just over 24.

Edoga is 27, Asim Richards is 24, Waletzko is 25, and Nathan Thomas is 23.

Now throw in the two TE's Ferguson and Schoonmaker at 25 and 26 respectively (Schoonmaker is older than Ferguson?). They are backed by two more 25 year olds, Spann-Ford and Fant.

I appreciate Zack Martin, he is a great, but even greats are victims to time. It would be a good time for him to retire and the Cowboys need to commit to keeping this O-line mostly intact. I wouldn't consider Steele to be a "core member" but it could work for now.

Keep Dowdle. They need to add another productive RB. They aren't adding to their arsenal if they add a RB only to lose Dowdle. It's time for Zeke and Vaughn to go.

 

[alicetooljam]

731 is where he is at now with 4 games to go. It will be close. Who would have thought that was possible?

Very possible if Jerry hadnt ruined it by bringing a washed up rb back into the fold and forced more of time share than anyone likely wanted.

 

[GORICO]

Rico looks like he’s secured a roster spot for next season. We’ll see during the offseason what backs they bring in to compete with him. We’ll likely draft a back. Zeke and Deuce will be gone.

KJJ---straight up DAWG

 

[GORICO]

Very possible if Jerry hadnt ruined it by bringing a washed up rb back into the fold and forced more of time share than anyone likely wanted.

only needs to average 70 yds per game