Dallas Cowboys' offensive snaps

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Dallas Cowboys' offensive snaps
September, 29, 2014

By Jean-Jacques Taylor | ESPNDallas.com

For the third time in four weeks, tight end James Hanna played more than Gavin Escobar. As you would expect, it has more to do with his blocking ability than anything else.

The Cowboys have decided they want to run the ball and dominate the line of scrimmage, which fits Hanna’s skill set more than Escobar.

While Murray has 99 carries through four games, the Cowboys actually gave Joseph Randle a series late in the third quarter and he had runs of 4, 14 and 3 yards. He also had an apparent 18-yard run negated by a holding penalty.

The good news is play-caller Scott Linehan managed to get the ball to Lance Dunbar in space and he caught two passes for 36 yards. The bad news is he was only on the field for four plays.

Linehan rewarded special-teams ace Dwayne Harris with 11 plays on offense. He caught two passes for 18 yards and lost a yard on a reverse. A holding penalty negated an apparent 33-yard catch-and-run.

Doug Free 66
Zack Martin 66
Travis Frederick 66
Ron Leary 66
Tyron Smith 66
Tony Romo 66
Jason Witten 66
Dez Bryant 59
Terrence Williams 54
DeMarco Murray 50
Cole Beasley 22
James Hanna 22
Gavin Escobar 16
Dwayne Harris 11
Devin Street 10
Joseph Randle 7
Tyler Clutts 5
Lance Dunbar 4
J.J. Wilcox 3
Jermey Parnell 1
 

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Hard to argue with who they are using when they are clicking with the run game like they are.
 

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Dare I say they need to ease back on Murray a bit. Not necessarily the amount of running plays but give *cough* Randle *cough* some more. Think they showed that he is on pace for 350+ carries and that seems a lot.
 

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Dare I say they need to ease back on Murray a bit. Not necessarily the amount of running plays but give *cough* Randle *cough* some more. Think they showed that he is on pace for 350+ carries and that seems a lot.
I would agree until the Randle thing.
 

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Randle is averaging over 6 yards a carry...RB controversy.
 

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Dare I say they need to ease back on Murray a bit. Not necessarily the amount of running plays but give *cough* Randle *cough* some more. Think they showed that he is on pace for 350+ carries and that seems a lot.
396 is what he's on pace for. Like 11 shy of the NFL record. Yeah, I wouldn't mind using Randle a little more.
 

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I would agree until the Randle thing.
I know you dont care for him but he seems to be serviceable so far. Im not crazy about him but we dont have much choice at the moment.
 

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I know you dont care for him but he seems to be serviceable so far. Im not crazy about him but we dont have much choice at the moment.
We have a better back on the practice squad right now.
 

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