Who is the short yardage back?

[GORICO]

I can't speak about his high school days but I suspect he could there also.

He just needs a small crack not a hole to run through. If the OL can't provide that, the Cowboys need the entire draft of nothing but OL next April.

Big Dog i agree--- lets go heavy O line next year and never look back

 

[diamonddelts]

I'm almost as worried about this fine detail, as I am about PK. Do you think for one second that Jimmy would have entered a promising season like this one with two (2) obvious loose ends? I still believe that the kicking situation is going to cost us the division and/or critical playoff seeding.

One yard and a cloud of dust obsession.

 

[elcowboi]

Did Luepke even get in last week? I've heard zero buzz about him.

He looks uncoordinated. He just falls for no reason. Like his brain stops after 5 steps.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

With the starting OL...... Any of them

With the backup OL...... Emmitt Smith on steroids

 

[Ebnorice]

I was listening to the Break today and Eatman seems to think Deuce could do it. He said something to the effect of, "Near the goal line, It's going to take the 2nd level of the defense 2-3 seconds to even locate Deuce due to his height." Sounded like a joke but I don't think it was meant to be.

Honestly in a weird way his height might be to his benefit. But really think about it. Standing behind a bunch of the biggest humans on the planet to see a blur that is a solid foot below them. You honestly might not be able to see him at all.

 

[Toro9]

Honestly in a weird way his height might be to his benefit. But really think about it. Standing behind a bunch of the biggest humans on the planet to see a blur that is a solid foot below them. You honestly might not be able to see him at all.

That's why I bothered posting Eatman's comment. Glad someone heard what I was hearing.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Dowdle is big enough and runs with some power. Vaughn could squeak through with his small size. Dak should be there for the tush push. I dont really see it being a huge issue.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

The player to watch might be LAC's Elijah Dotson. He had a big weekend vs. LAR, and is making a case for the Chargers to keep 4 RBs like they did last season.

But not because Dotson would be attractive to the Cowboys, but because Chargers writers believe if they keep Dotson, they'll be letting go of Zander Horvath... who you should think-of as approximately everything many of us liked about Hunter Luepke, except, he's actually been good enough to make a 53-man and play. There's strong suspicion that the new Chargers OC... Moore, I think is his name... might not be all that interested in utilizing a FB.

You have been pimping him as a big back despite him being smaller than Luepke. I doubt we add a big back.

 

[Floatyworm]

I'm almost as worried about this fine detail, as I am about PK. Do you think for one second that Jimmy would have entered a promising season like this one with two (2) obvious loose ends? I still believe that the kicking situation is going to cost us the division and/or critical playoff seeding.

.....this is what this team has always done.....leave loose ends....instead of being 2 steps ahead...always....2 steps behind.

 

[_sturt_]

You have been pimping him as a big back despite him being smaller than Luepke. I doubt we add a big back.

Here's the thing, poke...

If by "pimping," one means that a person (me, in this case) has noticed that (fact 1) a Player X who writers for that team have noted is on the bubble also (fact 2) fits a profile that Will McClay and his scouts given the input received from Mike McCarthy and his coaches evidently determined was worth putting preferred UDFA bonus money toward... that's a weird term, but okay, you use whatever term you prefer since I'm not boss of you.

If by "pimping," one means that a person (me in this case) is... (bad assumption 1) is predicting what will happen... or (bad assumption 2) is so deluded as to think it somehow would make sense to promote the idea of adding a Horvath (or similar)... you're just gaslighting and disinterested in an adult conversation... I'm fairly convinced that Will McClay doesn't come to internet boards to determine what he should do.

And here's the second... you're actually trying to suggest a difference of plus-4 lb and minus 2-in b/t two players (per pro-football-reference.com) is compelling... which says more about the speciousness of your thinking than it does the substance of this topic, imo.

Reaffirming my take, trying to stave off these constant attempts to use new verbs and contort my position

A. It is reasonable to believe Joneses/McClay/McCarthy wanted to see Luepke assert himself as a kind of Juszczyk in-the-making, and I'm pretty sure there were even words to that effect shortly after he was signed.

B. It is reasonable to believe they believed that Luepke or any other similar option attractive to them... eg, Fant... would be available late in the draft or immediately after in unrestricted free agency... because that's just how players fitting that profile tend to go.

C. It is reasonable to believe that the inventory of 240-250 lb FBs has become so minimal that, by default, front offices who want to go that route have to, instead, be satisfied to look at 230-240 pounders.

D. It is reasonable to believe that with McCarthy taking total control of the offense, and given his history in GB that's been well-documented in the thread specific to that topic, McCarthy's thinking was ground zero for signing Luepke and Fant.

E. It is reasonable to believe that if Luepke nor Fant make the cut, and one or both are practice squad bound, there could be an opportunity extended to a player who fits that same profile and who has actually stuck on another NFL team's 53-man for an entire season or seasons... but whose team has had offensive philosophy changes occur that made him expendable... whether resulting in being cut or being traded.

F. Horvath fits that profile, but he may not be the only one who fits that profile.

G. Maybe most importantly what needs to be understood in any of this where someone is trying to understand what I'm putting down... saying "it is reasonable to think" is not the same thing as saying "I think this will happen," nor "I think this should happen."

We good?

 

[ArtClink]

All I know is that we certainly don’t need Zeke when we can develop a young RB in the draft that can get the tough 1-2 yards and have a minimal salary cap impact. Glad cooler heads prevailed.