How does each NFC East team look at running back, and what still needs to be done? Dallas Cowboys After a season in which they ranked third in the league in passing yards and 31st in rushing yards, the Cowboys seek greater balance in their offense.
One of the biggest challenges the Dallas Cowboys faced this offseason was finding a comfort level with DeMarco Murray's backups. It appears that wasn't the case last season when Murray went down for six games with a severely sprained foot.
Felix Jones signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles today, officially ending his time with the Dallas Cowboys. If Jones remains healthy -- and that's always been a big "if," because he's had toe, hamstring and thigh injuries -- the Cowboys could see him twice this season.
IRVING, Texas -- Rookie running back Joseph Randle has plenty going on right now. The Dallas Cowboys' fifth-round pick had surgery on his thumb and will wear a cast for six weeks. Randle is doing limited work during the three-day rookie minicamp at Valley Ranch, but expects to be 100 percent when training camp starts.
So much of the offseason attention around the Dallas Cowboys has focused on Tony Romo, and that's understandable. He's the quarterback, and one of the most intensely scrutinized quarterbacks in the league.
IRVING, Texas – The Cowboys returned to the offensive side of the ball by taking Oklahoma State running back Joseph Randle with their fifth-round selection. Randle led the Big 12 in rushing last season with 1,417 yards on 274 carries and had 14 touchdowns.
IRVING, Texas – Jerry Jones basically bought an ad in the NFL classifieds during Monday’s pre-draft press conference, sending out the message that the Cowboys could be in trade-down mode when they get on the clock with the 18th overall pick.
IRVING, Texas – On Tuesday I upset some people when I questioned the philosophy the Cowboys chose in 2011 and ’12 to select Tyron Smith and Morris Claiborne. I believe they left too much on the table by not taking a trade with Jacksonville in 2011, and then by giving up their second-rounder to move up to get Claiborne.
The Cowboys like starting running back DeMarco Murray, but he has had injury issues and there are questions about whether he can stay healthy over the long term. It means the Cowboys could be in the market for a running back in the middle rounds of this weekend's NFL draft.
IRVING, Texas – The Cowboys’ pre-draft press conference took a strange turn when the Jones family, unprompted, went off on a tangent trying to justify their first-round picks from five years ago.
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