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Darren McFadden

Cowboys appear to be sticking with what they have at RB

ESPN
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Aug 17, 2015 · 9:00 AM EDT

The running back competition predicted at the start of camp will take a little more time to get going for the Cowboys.

Darren McFadden made his camp debut Saturday but will be worked into practice slowly. Lance Dunbar also returned Saturday, but he will be worked in smartly too. Dunbar took the team drills Saturday and showed no signs of worry with the oblique strain.

Running backs coach Gary Brown predicted "hellified running" with his top guys available.

"As far as I'm concerned, we're right on schedule, as far as having a back or backs ready to go for the New York Giants," owner and general manager Jerry Jones said. "I'm not in any way anxious. When we practice the running game, we practice the physical aspect of it. It takes a lot of players to make the running game work -- not just the back."

Fantasy Impact: 

Joseph Randle is the leader to be the Cowboys' lead back, but he has had more than 10 carries in a game just three times, and he has not averaged more than 3.4 yards per carry in those contests. McFadden hasn't averaged more than 3.4 yards per carry since 2011. Dunbar has 80 carries in his first three years. But for now, the story said, the Cowboys are going with what they've got at the RB position, saying only they will continue to evaluate talent. Gus Johnson signed as an undrafted free agent and scored a TD in the team's last preseason game, but now has a slight separated shoulder. If the injuries continue to pile up, Dallas may not have a choice but to bring in someone from the outside.

Tony Romo

RB Gus Johnson gets a chance at Cowboys camp

Fox Sports
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Aug 11, 2015 · 6:21 PM EDT

During Monday's practice, yet another Dallas Cowboys running back missed practice when Joseph Randle sat out with an oblique injury. With Darren McFadden Lance Dunbar on the shelf, it was undrafted free agent back Gus Johnson who got the call over 2014 draft pick Lache Seastrunk. In his first real opportunity with the first team offense, Johnson shined.

Johnson looked good throughout practice, and he stood out specifically during the team's goal-line drills. At 5-foot-10 and 215 pounds, Johnson has an ideal build for short-yardage situations. His build is also unique to the rest of the Cowboys' depth chart at running back.

"Gus did a good job yesterday. We had a short yardage and goal line," Tony Romo said on KTCK-AM 1310 via the Dallas Morning News. "It's hard because you don't have live so you don't have the chance to show your ability to break a tackle, maybe get through a gap with a thud, not being a thud, it's not a tackle. I just think he showed a little bit when we were live yesterday in some of the shortage. He's got a chance."

Fantasy Impact: 

Johnson was the 2014 Southland Conference Player of the Year after rushing for 1,683 yards and 23 touchdowns on 256 carries. Over the course of his collegiate career, Johnson averaged 6.2 yards per carry and finished with 51 rushing touchdowns and 3,892 rushing yards. With all the injuries and not really a clear-cut RB1 on the team, it's not out of the question the team could ride an unknown who steps up in camp.

Darren McFadden
Dallas Morning News
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Aug 11, 2015 · 2:07 PM EDT

Now that Cowboys RB Joseph Randle has a strained oblique (he was in pads for Tuesday’s practice), Lance Dunbar continues to nurse an ankle injury and Darren McFadden has yet to take the practice field with a sore hamstring, the color-coded alert level for fans has been elevated to red.

Now that the Cowboys could start SFA rookie Gus Johnson at RB in Thursday’s preseason opener, you argue this team should go out and sign a back, any back, immediately.

It’s unlikely the club does anything at the moment.

First of all, even if Randle does play in Thursday’s game anyway, he will only get a handful of carries.

Secondly, all three backs should be on the practice field Saturday.

Fantasy Impact: 

The next two preseason games and two days of practice against the St. Louis Rams will serve as the basis of the evaluation for this RB committee, the story said. If the coaching staff feels it must add another runner, it will reach that conclusion later in camp. Chris Johnson was reportedly offered a one-year deal by the Cardinals Tuesday, which left some top names like Steven Jackson, Ben Tate and Pierre Thomas as possible options.

Darren McFadden
ESPN
·
Jul 28, 2015 · 11:46 AM EDT

As the Dallas Cowboys prepare to depart for training camp in Oxnard, California, running back Ryan Williams has been released.

He was fourth in the running back chase to replace DeMarco Murray behind Joseph Randle, Darren McFadden and Lance Dunbar. Williams had two arthroscopic surgeries on his knee in the offseason, the most recent coming after the Cowboys' June minicamp.

Williams spent last year on the Cowboys' practice squad, spurning chances late in the season to join other teams' active rosters. The Cowboys rewarded him with a two-year deal that included a $240,000 signing bonus.

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