Three possible trades for a RB

It's maddening how they sit on their hands, expecting some bottom feeding player to impact the team at a high level. Seeing the Eagles just traded for Tank Bigsby and that's with the 2024 RB leader healthy ........
I’m with you, but I feel it most in March, when impactful moves are made…and they sit back and think they are outsmarting everyone by not overpaying but also fielding an incomplete team.

The. You end having to trade picks for players and you’re set back even further.

Not good at this!
 
Let’s get Blue on the field first, and then see if we need a running back.
We will still need a RB. I like Blue’s playmaking but I still don’t think most realize that Blue has never been more than a complimentary 8-10 touches a game guy.

He may also need some development as far as pass blocking. That is a very underrated skill for an NFL RB. You an get your QB killed with a RB that can’t pick up blitzers.
 
If the Cowboys want to contend for a playoff spot in 2025, we aren’t going to get there with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders at RB. Jaydon Blue is a complimentary player who needs to be paired with a back who can carry more of the load.

So how about a trade that could immediately improve our RB room without breaking the bank?

Here are three RBs who could possibly be obtained through a trade that I believe would immediately make us better.
  • Ray Davis, 25, backup RB in Buffalo. A 2024 4th round pick. Underrated coming out of Univ of Kentucky. Was an all SEC RB IN 2023. Powerful, good hands as a receiver. Rushed for 442 yards last year backing up James Cook. Would be an excellent pairing with a speed back. Bills could use some pass rushing help. Dante Fowler for Ray Davis?

  • Justice Hill, 27, backup RB in Baltimore. Has avg 4.6 yards per carry in his career with ravens. An All Big 12 RB out of OK State. Good speed, power when needed. Been stuck behind Derrick Henry but would probably start for most teams. Ravens could really use help at WR depth. How about Jalen Tolbert for Justice Hill?

  • Tahj Brooks, 23, backup RB in Cincinnati. A 6th round pick of the Bengals last spring. A poor man’s Laveon Bell. Combines power with elusiveness. All Big 12 RB two straight years. Best pass blocking back in last year’s draft. Excellent special teams player too. A solid young back that could be paired with Blue. Could be had for a late round pick.
I know these are long shots that probably won’t happen. But if the Cowboys are serious about a playoff run this year, the current RB room won’t be enough. The moves I am proposing make us better without sacrificing big draft capital for the future.


OH YES INDEEDY, lets pay more for what? what do we get?

If i was to try to get you to pay 30,000 more for a car that would go, 2 miles faster, would you pay for it?

What are we getting exactly?
 
If the Cowboys want to contend for a playoff spot in 2025, we aren’t going to get there with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders at RB. Jaydon Blue is a complimentary player who needs to be paired with a back who can carry more of the load.

So how about a trade that could immediately improve our RB room without breaking the bank?

Here are three RBs who could possibly be obtained through a trade that I believe would immediately make us better.
  • Ray Davis, 25, backup RB in Buffalo. A 2024 4th round pick. Underrated coming out of Univ of Kentucky. Was an all SEC RB IN 2023. Powerful, good hands as a receiver. Rushed for 442 yards last year backing up James Cook. Would be an excellent pairing with a speed back. Bills could use some pass rushing help. Dante Fowler for Ray Davis?

  • Justice Hill, 27, backup RB in Baltimore. Has avg 4.6 yards per carry in his career with ravens. An All Big 12 RB out of OK State. Good speed, power when needed. Been stuck behind Derrick Henry but would probably start for most teams. Ravens could really use help at WR depth. How about Jalen Tolbert for Justice Hill?

  • Tahj Brooks, 23, backup RB in Cincinnati. A 6th round pick of the Bengals last spring. A poor man’s Laveon Bell. Combines power with elusiveness. All Big 12 RB two straight years. Best pass blocking back in last year’s draft. Excellent special teams player too. A solid young back that could be paired with Blue. Could be had for a late round pick.
I know these are long shots that probably won’t happen. But if the Cowboys are serious about a playoff run this year, the current RB room won’t be enough. The moves I am proposing make us better without sacrificing big draft capital for the future.
I thought they should of traded for Jordan Mason.
 
Don't let Bob fool you how about we allow our actual backs that we brought in both on the squad and in the practice squad get going a little bit let this offensive line gel before we say that any of these guys would be better 'cause how do you know that how do you know that any of these running backs are truly better than what we have?

So I'll answer your question I say no so Bob can say yes and explain it away all he wants because he's jealous of Howie Roseman and he loves the Eagles But we don't even know if their moves work out until they do or they don't.

Their overreactions because Sanders while he had a 49 yard run had a fumble well Derrick Henry also had a fumble Justin Jefferson also had drops look it's one game Let's let the vision and let the coaches make adjustments before we set trade demands after one game....

There were no injuries to speak of after game one meaning the roster is the same and their vision for this team has not changed it just needs to be adjusted that's what you do you play a game the first real live game for 60 minutes and then you can see where you may have made some snap judgments on a player that maybe you take some snaps away from him and you give snaps to someone else it's the same with the linebackers the running backs we have guys that we can move around they can figure out who earns more snaps and who gets less before we worry about bringing in outside help..

That's my take on this so if Bob ends up reading this that's up to him but I'm not even responding 'cause I'm tired of hearing this I think this coaching staff deserves the benefit of the doubt they did a great job preparing for the Eagles and if it hadn't been for a few mistakes we win that game on the road against the Super Bowl champions so why don't we let that that roster be tweaked and maneuvered massaged whatever you want to call it and they'll get it worked out..

I want to see Blue get involved I don't care what was said in that press conference about him I don't believe that for a minute the guy was injured they were rolling with the veterans some coaches do that too often where they rely on veterans and they don't give the younger players a chance and give that old saying they need to earn it..

Was shocking to hear that especially about Liafu so this is a standard quote from Brian Schottenheimer that I'm not liking but I'm hoping it's just him not advertising his plans..

So before we do anything let's play about two or three more games and then we can make one of these trades for any position or any player if need be right now I think this is way too soon to be making these demands 00 we better trade because how we did it 00 how we made a trade for a running back now we need to they have Saquon Barkley why didn't even bother?

So, my game two adjustments would be our own players,​
I want a lot more snaps for Liafu like 25 minimum, I want to see Blue in the game and be used for change of pace back, and I don't care if he's inexperienced or not give him the damn ball, and let him learn on the fly he's one of the only backs we have with juice and if Sanders keeps disappointing you bench him or cut him and you bring up Malik Davis..​
I think Malik Davis has something It took Rico a little while to have it but what I saw in pre season is a faster twitchier version of Rico he runs like Tony Pollard So we have guys we we have a roster we built in one weekend everybody wants to make changes and I'll never understand it.​
I also obviously they need to ride Sam Williams as one of the starters but I think they need to start thinking about making James Houston the other guy at least to get more of the snaps as a starter and you can still work in a whole bunch of different edge rushers...​
And hopefully Terence Steele improved some because if he doesn't they might have to think about putting Nate Thomas or somebody out there because he's a liability and with the speed pass rushers we're going to find out in this game against the Giants they have those guys in bunches and we're about to find out how bad he wrecks the game and gets our quarterback hurt to where something might need to be changed there...​

Year and here comes the responses from some of the Super posters in here,

they're going to tell me that they read somewhere that acquiring talent is a year-round affair and that we should always be trying to get better,

well, that is true, but when you build a roster you have a practice squad, and you have a depth chart that you can tweak to make your team better because those are the people you brought with you, and after one game you don't make wholesale changes to your team for no reason....
One thing I can emphatically debunk in your post is this: “Bob can say yes and explain it away all he wants because he's jealous of Howie Roseman and he loves the Eagles…”

You are 100% incorrect on this. I hate the eagles. Full stop. And I’m not “jealous of Howie Roseman”. I am envious of the results he gets. He’s a great GM. Doesn’t mean I’m “jealous”, lol.

The rest of what you posted there is a welcome opinion. Just wanted to set the facts straight regarding me.
 
Anyone have a status update on Mafah?

My spidey senses are telling me Blue
might be another village idiot. What is going on with him?
 
I don't see the point of making any trades at this point. Other teams are playing their rookies, I see no reason why the Cowboys shouldn't give Blue and Mafah a chance. What can it hurt. This team is not winning a Super Bowl this year. Just because they gave the Eagles a hard time in the first game - and still lost - I am not buying this notion that they are a team that can contend. It is still one game, and honestly, the Eagles offense looked very conservative to me.

I also don't trust Jerry making any trades for a RB. What would he give away?
I agree with you in that I don’t buy that this is a playoff team (as currently constructed) either. My purpose in this post is to answer what we might be able to do IF the FO were serious about competing for a playoff spot this year.

I’m fine with accepting that this is a rebuild year. In fact I would rather this team finish with a higher draft pick anyway. It’s early but the pack don’t look like a team that’s going to fall apart, thus improving those picks.
 
Mafah is a jag until he gets his big body moving and you have a 235 pound guy running at you.

He impressed in the Pre-season.

Blue & Mafah need work before you start trading picks. We need our picks.

If you’re going to make trades go get defenders.
I agree with you that we need a lot more help on defense.
 
Rachaad White would be my recommendation if we're throwing trade hypotheticals around.
 
I doubt Buffalo would trade Davis - he gets decent run there. Hill, not sure, I guess maybe, but I can't see a physical team like the Ravens wanting Tolbert. Brooks, aren't you a Tech guy, Bob? Maybe some homering there? I don't think he's the style we want. They want a speed guy for that role.

I looked at some of the practice squads and didn't see much. The Cody Schrader guy who looked good against us in preseason is on the Rams pc. Maybe no better than Malik Davis, though.

I think Blue will play soon, maybe even this week. BS was just sending him a message. Nothing wrong with that and hopefully he responds to it.
Choc, you are right that I am a Tech guy and it is entirely possible that I’m homering about Brooks, lol!
 
If the Cowboys want to contend for a playoff spot in 2025, we aren’t going to get there with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders at RB. Jaydon Blue is a complimentary player who needs to be paired with a back who can carry more of the load.

So how about a trade that could immediately improve our RB room without breaking the bank?

Here are three RBs who could possibly be obtained through a trade that I believe would immediately make us better.
  • Ray Davis, 25, backup RB in Buffalo. A 2024 4th round pick. Underrated coming out of Univ of Kentucky. Was an all SEC RB IN 2023. Powerful, good hands as a receiver. Rushed for 442 yards last year backing up James Cook. Would be an excellent pairing with a speed back. Bills could use some pass rushing help. Dante Fowler for Ray Davis?

  • Justice Hill, 27, backup RB in Baltimore. Has avg 4.6 yards per carry in his career with ravens. An All Big 12 RB out of OK State. Good speed, power when needed. Been stuck behind Derrick Henry but would probably start for most teams. Ravens could really use help at WR depth. How about Jalen Tolbert for Justice Hill?

  • Tahj Brooks, 23, backup RB in Cincinnati. A 6th round pick of the Bengals last spring. A poor man’s Laveon Bell. Combines power with elusiveness. All Big 12 RB two straight years. Best pass blocking back in last year’s draft. Excellent special teams player too. A solid young back that could be paired with Blue. Could be had for a late round pick.
I know these are long shots that probably won’t happen. But if the Cowboys are serious about a playoff run this year, the current RB room won’t be enough. The moves I am proposing make us better without sacrificing big draft capital for the future.
Brooks please.
 
If the Cowboys want to contend for a playoff spot in 2025, we aren’t going to get there with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders at RB. Jaydon Blue is a complimentary player who needs to be paired with a back who can carry more of the load.

So how about a trade that could immediately improve our RB room without breaking the bank?

Here are three RBs who could possibly be obtained through a trade that I believe would immediately make us better.
  • Ray Davis, 25, backup RB in Buffalo. A 2024 4th round pick. Underrated coming out of Univ of Kentucky. Was an all SEC RB IN 2023. Powerful, good hands as a receiver. Rushed for 442 yards last year backing up James Cook. Would be an excellent pairing with a speed back. Bills could use some pass rushing help. Dante Fowler for Ray Davis?

  • Justice Hill, 27, backup RB in Baltimore. Has avg 4.6 yards per carry in his career with ravens. An All Big 12 RB out of OK State. Good speed, power when needed. Been stuck behind Derrick Henry but would probably start for most teams. Ravens could really use help at WR depth. How about Jalen Tolbert for Justice Hill?

  • Tahj Brooks, 23, backup RB in Cincinnati. A 6th round pick of the Bengals last spring. A poor man’s Laveon Bell. Combines power with elusiveness. All Big 12 RB two straight years. Best pass blocking back in last year’s draft. Excellent special teams player too. A solid young back that could be paired with Blue. Could be had for a late round pick.
I know these are long shots that probably won’t happen. But if the Cowboys are serious about a playoff run this year, the current RB room won’t be enough. The moves I am proposing make us better without sacrificing big draft capital for the future.
Good post. I like all 3 as options to improve upon what DAL currently has.

Unfortunately I feel like the dust has settled from the Parsons ordeal, as well as the team performing better than expected, that I don’t believe Jerry will do anymore than necessary especially after re-signing of Leupke - who he’d lump into the rb category as a whole.
 
We need help at RB. A 5th round pick and reclamation projects were never going to do it. Meanwhile, Henry - fumble and all - looks like he would have changed life for Dak and Co. And now that they didn't sign Parsons, not picking up Henry for pennies on the dollar looks even more egregious than before.
 
Unfortunately it’s probably too late to pick up an impact RB. This was a poor strategy and or gross oversight of a weakness going in most of us called out.
 
If the Cowboys want to contend for a playoff spot in 2025, we aren’t going to get there with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders at RB. Jaydon Blue is a complimentary player who needs to be paired with a back who can carry more of the load.

So how about a trade that could immediately improve our RB room without breaking the bank?

Here are three RBs who could possibly be obtained through a trade that I believe would immediately make us better.
  • Ray Davis, 25, backup RB in Buffalo. A 2024 4th round pick. Underrated coming out of Univ of Kentucky. Was an all SEC RB IN 2023. Powerful, good hands as a receiver. Rushed for 442 yards last year backing up James Cook. Would be an excellent pairing with a speed back. Bills could use some pass rushing help. Dante Fowler for Ray Davis?

  • Justice Hill, 27, backup RB in Baltimore. Has avg 4.6 yards per carry in his career with ravens. An All Big 12 RB out of OK State. Good speed, power when needed. Been stuck behind Derrick Henry but would probably start for most teams. Ravens could really use help at WR depth. How about Jalen Tolbert for Justice Hill?

  • Tahj Brooks, 23, backup RB in Cincinnati. A 6th round pick of the Bengals last spring. A poor man’s Laveon Bell. Combines power with elusiveness. All Big 12 RB two straight years. Best pass blocking back in last year’s draft. Excellent special teams player too. A solid young back that could be paired with Blue. Could be had for a late round pick.
I know these are long shots that probably won’t happen. But if the Cowboys are serious about a playoff run this year, the current RB room won’t be enough. The moves I am proposing make us better without sacrificing big draft capital for the future.
I do like Brooks. He led Big 12 in rushing at Texas Tech. And I was advocating drafting him.
 
Javonte played really good.

He didn’t leave anything on the field & scored 2 touchdowns.

Play your young RBs. That’s the answer at RB.
If Zeke from last year was playing instead of Williams he would have also scored those 2 td's. I also wouldn't call 3.6 per carry anything to be overly excited about
 

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