Five possible draft replacements for DeMarco Murray in Dallas

[Angrymesscan]

My top RBs for the Cowboys:

1. Gurley
2. Ajayi
3. Gordon
4. Yeldon
5. Johnson
99. Coleman
100. Cobb

Which Johnson?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

My Top RBs for the Cowboys would look like this:

1. Gordon
2. Abdullah
3. Ajayi
4. Gurley
5. David Johnson
6. Coleman
7. Yeldon
8. Duke Johnson
9. TJ Langford
10. Cobb

And yes Gurley is low on there. I just can't get past the injuries with him. If it was one freak thing I could move on. But he basically tore his ACL from no contact. The year before he missed a lot of time with an injury. Add in the fact that he basically ran behind a line that made any RB look great and call me a little skeptical. His workout numbers are off the charts but I'd be really worried about him being a bust.

 

[GForce78NJ]

My top RBs for the Cowboys:

1. Gurley
2. Ajayi
3. Gordon
4. Yeldon
5. Johnson
99. Coleman
100. Cobb

Yeldon over Johnson and Coleman is ludicre

 

[GForce78NJ]

Yeldon over Johnson and Coleman is ludicre

I was speaking of Duke Johnson

 

[boozeman]

Yeldon over Johnson and Coleman is ludicre

For Dallas, absolutely. Johnson would never make it. We need a physical chain mover like Yeldon.

I like almost all of these guys in this group though...even Cobb and Coleman in a way. It is a great year to be looking for a back.

I just am looking for guys I think fit the kind of back we need to get.

 

[boozeman]

I was speaking of Duke Johnson

I figured you meant Duke, but I was referring to David Johnson.

 

[boozeman]

My Top RBs for the Cowboys would look like this:

1. Gordon
2. Abdullah
3. Ajayi
4. Gurley
5. David Johnson
6. Coleman
7. Yeldon
8. Duke Johnson
9. TJ Langford
10. Cobb

And yes Gurley is low on there. I just can't get past the injuries with him. If it was one freak thing I could move on. But he basically tore his ACL from no contact. The year before he missed a lot of time with an injury. Add in the fact that he basically ran behind a line that made any RB look great and call me a little skeptical. His workout numbers are off the charts but I'd be really worried about him being a bust.

I need to take back my Coleman hate...Langford is really a guy that fits into the not special category right alongside Cobb.

 

[boozeman]

What concerns you about Gordon that you would rank him behind Ajayi?

Receiving.

 

[ravidubey]

I figured you meant Duke, but I was referring to David Johnson.

I like both. David actually reminds me of Murray. Duke brings everything but power, so I have concerns in pass protection.

 

[Cotton]

My top RBs for the Cowboys:

1. Gurley
2. Ajayi
3. Gordon
4. Yeldon
5. Johnson
99. Coleman
100. Cobb

I would flipflop Gordon and Gurley simply for injury reasons, but the rest I agree with.

 

[boozeman]

I would flipflop Gordon and Gurley simply for injury reasons, but the rest I agree with.

Now this makes me worry about my rankings.

 

[Cotton]

Now this makes me worry about my rankings.

Not nice.

 

[Texas Ace]

Gordon has been my #1 guy since Sept/Oct, and that was before Gurley got hurt.

Yes, he needs to work on his game as a receiver, but the guy just looks like a natural RB. Some say he benefited from running behind a good line, and to that I say, and???

He's going to be running behind a pretty damn good line here as well. The way he reads blocks, his lateral movement, his acceleration through the hole, his ability to break tackles - the guy just looks the part.

I'd be happy with most of those guys on Booze's list and would be thrilled to get Gurley, but Gordon is the guy I want most.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If you want to look at running behind a good Oline look what Georgia's backup RB did once Gurley went down.

I also think Gordon will show to be a better receiver then people expect. The lack of catches in college for him has way more to do with the offense they ran then his ability as a receiver.

 

[Simpleton]

If you want to look at running behind a good Oline look what Georgia's backup RB did once Gurley went down.

I also think Gordon will show to be a better receiver then people expect. The lack of catches in college for him has way more to do with the offense they ran then his ability as a receiver.

Chubb was a top 50 prospect and is going to be a 1st or 2nd rounder in 2 years so it's kind of unfair to act like Georgia just plugged in some schlub and went on their way.

 

[BipolarFuk]

Chubb was a top 50 prospect and is going to be a 1st or 2nd rounder in 2 years so it's kind of unfair to act like Georgia just plugged in some schlub and went on their way.

Agreed. People act like Gurley was backed up by Joseph Randle or something.

 

[p1_]

Gordon has been my #1 guy since Sept/Oct, and that was before Gurley got hurt.

Yes, he needs to work on his game as a receiver, but the guy just looks like a natural RB. Some say he benefited from running behind a good line, and to that I say, and???

He's going to be running behind a pretty damn good line here as well. The way he reads blocks, his lateral movement, his acceleration through the hole, his ability to break tackles - the guy just looks the part.

I'd be happy with most of those guys on Booze's list and would be thrilled to get Gurley, but Gordon is the guy I want most.

The good thing about it is we will assuredly get a quality back. All is not lost with Murray's departure.

 

[mcnuttz]

If you want to look at running behind a good Oline look what Georgia's backup RB did once Gurley went down.

It's funny how that works, but Chubb is a special RB, too. It's not like they just plugged some loser in and he got yards because of the line.

 

[mcnuttz]

And....I was timestampwnt.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Chubb was a top 50 prospect and is going to be a 1st or 2nd rounder in 2 years so it's kind of unfair to act like Georgia just plugged in some schlub and went on their way.

Sure, and every RB that Alabama brings in seems to be an elite recruit. Doesn't make them any less of a product of the O-line in front of them.

It's not necessarily a knock. I mean Chubb and Gurley both ran for over 7 yards an attempt. It's an insanely high number. No one would achieve that without some damn good blocking in front of them.