Dallas Cowboys RB Could Be Cut Before The 2024 Season

Dallas Cowboys RB Could Be Cut Before The 2024 Season

The Dallas Cowboys were anticipated to make multiple franchise-altering changes this offseason, yet here we are in May, and little has been done to bolster a squad that has lost considerable talent on both sides of the ball. Owner Jerry Jones has stated that the Cowboys are going “all-in” for 2024 and have opted to keep Mike McCarthy for one more season to see if he can lead Dallas past the first round of the playoffs and maybe meet the Super Bowl aspirations Jones has set.

Prescott was a candidate for NFL MVP this season and finished with probably the best regular season of his career. The Cowboys began the wildcard round as two-score favorites over the Green Bay Packers, who feature a first-year starting quarterback and the NFL’s youngest squad. Dak Prescott finished the 2023 regular season ranked in the top five in several significant categories for NFL quarterbacks. He entered Sunday’s playoff game against the Green Bay Packers with 4,516 yards (3rd), 36 touchdowns (1st), 9 interceptions, and a 72.5 quarterback rating (2nd).

Although some rolled there eyes when Jerry Jones and company decided to fire Kellen Moore at the end of last season — as he’s regarded as one of the up and coming young and brilliant offensive minds — head coach Mike McCarthy took over play calling and the Dallas Cowboys offense.

Finally, Prescott and CeeDee Lamb found the perfect chemistry and emerged as arguably the top QB/WR tandem in the league.

Beyond Dak Prescott and the explosive offense that averaged 389 yards and 30 points per game and finished with 77 touchdowns in the regular season, the Dallas Cowboys had a defense that finished the season ranked 5th in the NFL.

Now, the Cowboys will enter 2024 with more pressure than ever, from head coach to the QB. Instead of extending Prescott to free up cap room to add talent around him, Jones is opting to let his starting QB play out the final year of his contract adding plenty of speculation to his future in Dallas. Lamb is up for a major payday and could hold out until he inks a deal that makes him one of the top wideouts in the league.

Dallas lost several significant players from the season, including Tony Pollard, Michael Gallup, and a few starting offensive lineman.

The loss of Pollard cannot be emphasized. Currently, the running back room is led by Ezekiel Elliott, who re-signed with the Cowboys after spending a year with New England. Elliott is clearly past his prime, but the soon-to-be 29-year-old demonstrated in New England last year that he can still be a valuable role player.

Elliott, New England’s second-leading rusher behind Rhamondre Stevenson, nonetheless racked up 955 yards and five touchdowns. These figures are especially impressive given how bad the New England offense was a year ago. Elliott is one of the top pass-blocking running backs in the league, and he had 12 rushing touchdowns for the Dallas Cowboys just two years ago. He remains dependable in goal-to-go scenarios and will bolster locker room morale as the Cowboys attempt to recover from another embarrassing and early postseason departure. Other than Elliott, the Cowboys added veteran running back Royce Freeman, who is expected to share carries.

Blogging the Boys’ Mike Poland feels third-year running back Malik Davis will face a tough battle to reach the 53-man roster. “Davis is already pretty low on the depth chart, but it’s worth mentioning as it pertains to the running back position, a spot with the most question marks,” Poland wrote on the seventeenth of May. “The Cowboys acquiring Royce Freeman before the draft indicated to Davis that the coaching staff was concerned about the depth at the position. The return of Ezekiel Elliott to Dallas effectively eliminated Davis’ chances of making the team (unless an injury occurred). Davis only played in three games last fall and did not get a single touch. The Cowboys signed him to a reserve/futures deal in January, but it appears he’s on the outside looking in. It makes sense, given that Freeman and Elliott have substantially more experience than Davis. While Davis hasn’t seen much regular-season action, the Dallas Cowboys know what his skill level is after two complete seasons.

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