Thought Malik Davis was the best back last night

[ConstantReboot]

I really like Malik Davis. But the competition is close. It's a shame that they are better than Zeke at this point in time. Wish that if Zeke is injured they should have gone with Dowdle.

Hopefully this is Zeke's last year. Even though he takes a pay cut, I'd rather go with a young one to take his place.

 

[blueblood70]

His NFL experience? He had 7 carries for 24 yards in 2020 and sat out the entire 2021 season. As for what he's always been, that's just a guy who edged out some other not particularly special guys to get the 3rd RB spot, which is no different than Davis is trying to do now. As for special teams, he has one solo tackle and assisted on 3 others.

None of this suggests the kind of experience the Cowboys will feel they can't afford to lose or that someone else can't replace or exceed.

All this said, I'm not saying Davis will beat out Dowdle. All I've said is Davis has looked better than Dowdle this preseason. Yes, there can be other factors - the uncertainty of the players these guys are playing with and competing against makes preseason hard to judge by.

As for the QB commentary, which, by the way, has nothing to do with what we were talking about, your take on QB2 not mattering has a very notable flaw. While it's true that if Dak gets hurt and is out the rest of the season neither Grier or Rush is likely to have big playoff success, you are ignoring the reality that an injury to Dak may not be season ending. What if the Cowboys are doing well in the division and Dak were to miss 2-5 games? In that case having a QB that can just win 1-2 games could be the difference between making the playoffs or not, and Dak could be back before the playoffs.

The same applies to backup at RB. If Zeke or Pollard goes down we won't even need RB3 to take a major role. Just spelling whichever is left will do the job. And, again, suppose Zeke or Pollard are only out for a few games and the team just needs help getting through those games?

played a lot of ST before that hes 3rd -4th back won't get many touches

good try go check the temperature how MM talks about him , most in here want a new shiny toy but the one who watch, actually look more closely KNOW Dowdle makes this team and is the 1st choice for 3rd RB position. book it

lets revisit this next Wednesday.

on BUPQB rush already proived he can win game without dak short term..that will fall onthe run game and OL , defense and coaching in his absence. if they hold up rush can steer the bus for 3-4 games. he already proved it one game where Grier has yet to stand out enough to take that away from rush..,.I mean im not seeing it what you luv you some practice clips lol I love me some real NFL stats from Rush in the MN game with an actual offense. Im betting, they keep both but unless Grier really shows out the next 2 PS games hes not taking rushes job..

although IDC reality like i said dak goes down for any long term Injury we are going to struggle. not many NFL backup's are going to be able to take over and not miss a beat.

 

[OmerV]

played a lot of ST before that hes 3rd -4th back won't get many touches

good try go check the temperature how MM talks about him , most in here want a new shiny toy but the one who watch, actually look more closely KNOW Dowdle makes this team and is the 1st choice for 3rd RB position. book it

lets revisit this next Wednesday.

on BUPQB rush already proived he can win game without dak short term..that will fall onthe run game and OL , defense and coaching in his absence. if they hold up rush can steer the bus for 3-4 games. he already proved it one game where Grier has yet to stand out enough to take that away from rush..,.I mean im not seeing it what you luv you some practice clips lol I love me some real NFL stats from Rush in the MN game with an actual offense. Im betting, they keep both but unless Grier really shows out the next 2 PS games hes not taking rushes job..

although IDC reality like i said dak goes down for any long term Injury we are going to struggle. not many NFL backup's are going to be able to take over and not miss a beat.

But why would we think he is the only potential 3rd team RB that can play special teams? He is never mentioned as one of the top ST players.

As for how McCarthy talks about Rico, in a press conference yesterday he did say Rico looks like he is completely back from last year's injury, but he also said he thinks the 2 young RB's have run as well as any he has ever had. As for whether Rico makes the team, I've never said he wouldn't I just don't think it's guaranteed. A factor might be who they fee they can slide to the practice squad.

As for Rush, your own commentary about the team being able to win a few games with him if Dak is out short term goes against your previous comment about it not mattering who the backup QB is.

As for talking about what I "Iuv", you need to stop the idiotic exaggeration and misrepresentation. You have no credibility at all if you have to rely on that to feel you can make a point. I never said I even prefer Grier, much less "luv" him.

 

[blueblood70]

But why would we think he is the only potential 3rd team RB that can play special teams? He is never mentioned as one of the top ST players.

As for how McCarthy talks about Rico, in a press conference yesterday he did say Rico looks like he is completely back from last year's injury, but he also said he thinks the 2 young RB's have run as well as any he has ever had. As for whether Rico makes the team, I've never said he wouldn't I just don't think it's guaranteed. A factor might be who they fee they can slide to the practice squad.

As for Rush, your own commentary about the team being able to win a few games with him if Dak is out short term goes against your previous comment about it not mattering who the backup QB is.

As for talking about what I "Iuv", you need to stop the idiotic exaggeration and misrepresentation. You have no credibility at all if you have to rely on that to feel you can make a point. I never said I even prefer Grier, much less "luv" him.

he ran back a KO for near td or td begore he got hurt he is and all 3rd Rbs are ST heavy participants for sure,. he is looked at that way. Sorry man but again this is become monotonous. we will see then I'll come back and finish this off once we know )

they my keep 4 RBs and 3 qbs and then we have no true winner in this debate. Tuesday the cut down to 53 will reveal a lot and then the churning of 2-3 of those bottom spots will commence, lastly the forming of the PS..

 

[OmerV]

he ran back a KO for near td or td begore he got hurt he is and all 3rd Rbs are ST heavy participants for sure,. he is looked at that way. Sorry man but again this is become monotonous. we will see then I'll come back and finish this off once we know )

they my keep 4 RBs and 3 qbs and then we have no true winner in this debate. Tuesday the cut down to 53 will reveal a lot and then the churning of 2-3 of those bottom spots will commence, lastly the forming of the PS..

It's motononous to you because I don't accept you as an infallible know it all, and I call you out on your ridiculous efforts to discredit with gross exaggeration and blatant misrepresentation.

The reality is I never said Rico wouldn't make the team, or didn't have value, I merely said as a 3rd RB who is not used as a regular part of the offense he is not an unquestioned lock. It's ridiculous to think of a player in that situation as such. 3rd team RB's with no expectation of moving into a more prominent role absent an injury come and go - none of them are long term locks. Rod Smith was a special teams ace for the Cowboys 4 years ago, but the Cowboys let him go. That's the nature of the role

You mentioned him having one long kick return, however Pollard has been successful as a kick returner, and Turpin seems sure to get a shot in that role as well, so it's nonsensical to make out like Rico's 4 career kick returns somehow make him too valuable for the team to even consider letting him go.

 

[blueblood70]

It's motononous to you because I don't accept you as an infallible know it all, and I call you out on your ridiculous efforts to discredit with gross exaggeration and blatant misrepresentation.

The reality is I never said Rico wouldn't make the team, or didn't have value, I merely said as a 3rd RB who is not used as a regular part of the offense he is not an unquestioned lock. It's ridiculous to think of a player in that situation as such. 3rd team RB's with no expectation of moving into a more prominent role absent an injury come and go - none of them are long term locks. Rod Smith was a special teams ace for the Cowboys 4 years ago, but the Cowboys let him go. That's the nature of the role

You mentioned him having one long kick return, however Pollard has been successful as a kick returner, and Turpin seems sure to get a shot in that role as well, so it's nonsensical to make out like Rico's 4 career kick returns somehow make him too valuable for the team to even consider letting him go.

blah blah blah.. see you first game for real debates over real roster moves..

 

[OmerV]

blah blah blah.. see you first game for real debates over real roster moves..

You mean ones wit actual facts and not blatant exaggerations and misrepresentations? I'll look forward to it.

 

[blueblood70]

You mean ones wit actual facts and not blatant exaggerations and misrepresentations? I'll look forward to it.

Im telling you

listening to all feedback coming from the ranch in many interviews and my own evals, Dowdle is leading the Rb3 race..by slim margins, yes but hes the most likely candidate and like i said we will see

let IT GO!! September 11th is still far away for a final 53 to be set. That bottom 3-5 spots will continue to churn.

 

[OmerV]

Im telling you

listening to all feedback coming from the ranch in many interviews and my own evals, Dowdle is leading the Rb3 race..by slim margins, yes but hes the most likely candidate and like i said we will see

let IT GO!! September 11th is still far away for a final 53 to be set. That bottom 3-5 spots will continue to churn.

I never said he wasn't leading the race. I just said there may be a race and that Dowdle isn't set in stone. It now seems you are admitting the same.

 

[xwalker]

Interesting battle for the #3 RB. Thought Davis was the best back last night, kind of reminded me of Phillip Tanner. He also had a good kickoff return. Dowdle played well, but there seems to be more juice from Davis thus far.

McCarthy had very high praise for both Davis and Aaron Shampklin.

Will McClay cited Davis as the UDFA that they were most surprised to be able to sign.

Davis 'looks' more like an NFL RB than Dowdle in my opinion (based on a very small sample size).

 

[Cowboyny]

McCarthy had very high praise for both Davis and Aaron Shampklin.

Will McClay cited Davis as the UDFA that they were most surprised to be able to sign.

Davis 'looks' more like an NFL RB than Dowdle in my opinion (based on a very small sample size).

I would like to see Davis get more reps with the starters this week. Think there is a good chance both make the roster, but if they have to chose one, like Davis better this preseason.