While they still don’t have a workhorse running back, the Cowboys do have two that were at one point in their careers.On Wednesday, four months after Ezekiel Elliott re-signed with the Cowboys, Dalvin Cook joined the team’s practice squad.
Elliott boasts 2,649 receiving yards, 8,904 running yards, and 85 total touchdowns in eight seasons. Cook has 1,872 receiving yards, 6,207 rushing yards, and 52 total touchdowns in seven seasons.
According to Schuyler Dixon of the Associated Press, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stated on Wednesday, “Dalvin is someone we all have an appreciation for his career.” He allows us to enter this place and operate the system.
He starts off on the practice squad, which allows him to become familiar with the facility and the procedures. We had anticipated that, as the offseason progressed, we would get a chance to consider a player of his caliber, should the appropriate conditions arise.
They appeared. We are grateful for it. He had an exercise with us. He is in excellent physical condition. He’ll have far more job to do. He could be of great assistance to us in this as he will pick up the system as he goes.
It’s probably wishful thinking.
The Cowboys still have one of the worst running back rooms in the league, if not the worst.
Last season, in his only season with the Patriots, Elliott had career lows in starts (five), snaps (539), carries (184), yards (642), touchdowns (three) and yards per carry (3.5). Cook had career lows in every category, with 67 carries for 214 yards and no touchdowns for the Jets last season.
The Cowboys are going with a running back by committee. They also have Rico Dowdle and Deuce Vaughn on the active roster, along with Elliott, and Malik Davis on the practice squad, along with Cook. Dowdle is the only special teams player among them, and he played only 85 snaps on special teams last season.
Jones, though, doesn’t see the team’s running backs room like everyone else outside the organization sees it.
“Really, we’re in a great position to have flexibility here,” Jones said. “We got Malik Davis back on the practice squad. We have Dalvin on the practice squad. We’re all excited about what Zeke can do for us.
We needed to have improvement, especially in that red zone, needed to have improvement getting in that end zone with that running game. This all bolsters that up. I’m really pleased with where we are right now at running back.”
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