Rod Smith

[TheSkaven]

Disagree.

Rod Smith is a spare part, not a bell cow RB. I bet he gets less than 8 carries vs. Atlanta.

He reminds me of a poor man’s Eddie George? I just looked them up and indeed they’re both 6’3 and 235lbs.

I think your assessment is spot on. Rod Smith will be a situational player, the battering ram to pick up that 3rd and 1 and to run out the clock late in the 4th.

 

[Melonfeud]

Yo,PRIME! I'M kinda lost on this chart,,, ,,, is this pertaining to our #45's career football play?

 

[viman96]

Rod plays ST and Morris and McFadden do not which could limit Smith's opportunities in the beginning.

 

[Brooksey]

Alfred and Dmac will control the majority of carries. Rod may get a few more carries this week until Dmac is 100% ready next week. Rod may get some short yardage/goal line looks throughout we'll see.

 

[MRV52]

Hope you're wrong. Morris sucks

. Wow some of the comments in here are laughable.

 

[CowboyRoy]

silver lining... but I'm very excited to see what Rod Smith can do. Hopefully he takes away carries from Morris very early. Believe he'll be number two when Zeke comes back

I would like to see the kid play as well. Not sure what your problem is with Morris. Morris is a very good back.

 

[CowboyRoy]

He actually probably is.

I think Rod gets Alfred's two series per game to start out with, maybe more if we're ahead late. And gradually it ramps up as he delivers over the course of six weeks to the point where he has more yards than Morris does over that span.

And then he's the primary backup next year.

I dont think he has more yards than Morris unless there is an injury.

 

[Pants]

I think the thing that may be missing is the cohesion that the offense has when zeke is on the field...the success of the offense now will depend on the ability of the RB's to get with the program with the first team as quickly as possible

 

[RomoFor6]

I would like to see the kid play as well. Not sure what your problem is with Morris. Morris is a very good back.

I'd be surprised if he ran anything quicker than a 4.8

 

[Bullflop]

I'm sure we'd be missing something to think that Rod Smith has gone unnoticed by the Cowboys' staff. They'll be watching him like hawks.

 

[Broges74]

I'd be surprised if he ran anything quicker than a 4.8

I'd bet Rod is the fastest RB on the team.

 

[TheSkaven]

I'd bet Rod is the fastest RB on the team.

I'll take that bet. Hint: He's 4th of the 4.

Here are their 40 times, in order:

Darren McFadden (4.33) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/darren-mcfadden/
Ezekiel Elliott (4.47) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/ezekiel-elliott/
Alfred Morris (4.67) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/alfred-morris/
Rod Smith (4.69) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/rod-smith/

 

[cowboyblue22]

the dallas cowboys will really miss zeke they will struggle to win games without him

 

[Alexander]

Picture McFadden running this same play with this blocking. The results would not be the same.

 

[Broges74]

I'll take that bet. Hint: He's 4th of the 4.

Here are their 40 times, in order:

Darren McFadden (4.33) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/darren-mcfadden/
Ezekiel Elliott (4.47) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/ezekiel-elliott/
Alfred Morris (4.67) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/alfred-morris/
Rod Smith (4.69) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/rod-smith/

Where did they get that number? I've read that he ran 4.55 or so on his Pro-Day and didn't run at the combine. Zeke is faster but I wasn't including him. McFadden is past 30 and can't run a 4.3 anymore.

 

[Bullflop]

I'd be surprised if he ran anything quicker than a 4.8

Be surprised then. Rod Smith's best forty time is 4.52, while his worst is 4.69. Speed and power is always a wicked combination.

 

[Alexander]

I'll take that bet. Hint: He's 4th of the 4.

Here are their 40 times, in order:

Darren McFadden (4.33) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/darren-mcfadden/
Ezekiel Elliott (4.47) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/ezekiel-elliott/
Alfred Morris (4.67) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/alfred-morris/
Rod Smith (4.69) https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/rod-smith/

McFadden's 40 time is probably more like 4.5 now given his age.

 

[TheSkaven]

Where did they get that number? I've read that he ran 4.55 or so on his Pro-Day and didn't run at the combine. Zeke is faster but I wasn't including him. McFadden is past 30 and can't run a 4.3 anymore.

I'd guess McFadden is still faster than Rod Smith, by a lot.

Rod is 6'3 and 235lbs. He might be 240. Speed is not his thing, he's a battering ram.

 

[RomoFor6]

Be surprised then. Rod Smith's best forty time is 4.52, while his worst is 4.68. Speed and power is always a wicked combination.

lol, I'm talking about Morris.

 

[Bullflop]

lol, I'm talking about Morris.

Oops, my bad. I didn't check to see that you were responding to Cowboy Roy instead of the OP's subject. I don't think there's any question but what Morris has lost a step since his early days with the Commanders. He's still got a knack for finding the holes, though. I'm still anticipating that Rod Smith will take his place before long in the lineup. Between our three RBs, they should fill in for Zeke nicely.