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Twitter mailbag: Matt Forte for the short term would be good
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowb...g-matt-forte-for-the-short-term-would-be-good
@toddarcher: Since I can't see Lance Dunbar getting anything more than a one-year, make-good deal coming off a knee injury in 2015, there is no comparison between the money he and Forte will get. Forte is a proven 1,000-yard back and Dunbar, well, isn't. But he has value to the Cowboys provided he's healthy. I'd be OK with the Cowboys going after Forte. Would something like two years, $11 million work? There will be other teams coming after him too. Many mention the New England Patriots as a possibility. They've done well with veteran backs over the years from Antowain Smith to Corey Dillon. The Cowboys should be attractive to Forte -- and any free-agent back, really -- because of the offensive line. Would that be a big enough lure? Well, it will always come down to cash...
...@toddarcher: Bill Barnwell put adding Morris in his list of moves the Cowboys should make in the offseason. I don't hate it, but I can't say I like it either. Morris' stats have declined every year he has been in the league. Now, I didn't expect him to keep up the 1,600-yard pace he showed as a rookie but he only reached 751 yards last year. Is that all his fault? No, but he didn't look like the same back. I'd rather have Forte on a short-term deal at this point than Morris. Last year the Cowboys showed they were not going to go overboard for a back they loved and knew in DeMarco Murray. I have a difficult time seeing them going overboard for a runner they don't know and might not love. If they do, then that would be acknowledging the mistake they made last year in letting Murray walk...
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowb...g-matt-forte-for-the-short-term-would-be-good
@toddarcher: Since I can't see Lance Dunbar getting anything more than a one-year, make-good deal coming off a knee injury in 2015, there is no comparison between the money he and Forte will get. Forte is a proven 1,000-yard back and Dunbar, well, isn't. But he has value to the Cowboys provided he's healthy. I'd be OK with the Cowboys going after Forte. Would something like two years, $11 million work? There will be other teams coming after him too. Many mention the New England Patriots as a possibility. They've done well with veteran backs over the years from Antowain Smith to Corey Dillon. The Cowboys should be attractive to Forte -- and any free-agent back, really -- because of the offensive line. Would that be a big enough lure? Well, it will always come down to cash...
...@toddarcher: Bill Barnwell put adding Morris in his list of moves the Cowboys should make in the offseason. I don't hate it, but I can't say I like it either. Morris' stats have declined every year he has been in the league. Now, I didn't expect him to keep up the 1,600-yard pace he showed as a rookie but he only reached 751 yards last year. Is that all his fault? No, but he didn't look like the same back. I'd rather have Forte on a short-term deal at this point than Morris. Last year the Cowboys showed they were not going to go overboard for a back they loved and knew in DeMarco Murray. I have a difficult time seeing them going overboard for a runner they don't know and might not love. If they do, then that would be acknowledging the mistake they made last year in letting Murray walk...
