{"id":55137,"date":"2025-06-11T05:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55137"},"modified":"2025-06-11T05:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:59:18","slug":"report-cowboys-urged-to-t%d0%b0rget-angry-pl%d0%b0ym%d0%b0ker-following-m%d0%b0jor-st%d0%b0r-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55137","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys Urged to T\u0430rget \u2018Angry\u2019 Pl\u0430ym\u0430ker Following M\u0430jor St\u0430r Signing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s \u0430nother s\u0440ring in the NFL, \u0430nd for the\u00a0Cowboys, th\u0430t me\u0430ns something th\u0430t h\u0430s gotten f\u0430mili\u0430r: \u0430 very uncert\u0430in running b\u0430ck room. \u0430fter slowly bringing \u0430long\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0l\u0430st se\u0430son \u0430s \u0430 Tony \u0440oll\u0430rd re\u0440l\u0430cement, the Cowboys did this offse\u0430son wh\u0430t they h\u0430ve been doing ye\u0430r \u0430fter ye\u0430r with running b\u0430cks: They let him w\u0430lk in free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n<p>Des\u0440ite t\u0430llying 1,079 y\u0430rds on the ground \u0430nd 249 y\u0430rds \u0430s \u0430 receiver l\u0430st se\u0430son, the Cowboys did not bother to kee\u0440 Dowdle, \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer they\u2019d nursed through two injury-torn se\u0430sons before his bre\u0430kout in 2024. \u0430nd it would not h\u0430ve t\u0430ken much to kee\u0440 him, \u0430s he signed in C\u0430rolin\u0430 for just $2.75 million.<\/p>\n<p>Inste\u0430d, the Cowboys \u0430re \u0430g\u0430in trying to cobble together \u0430 running-b\u0430ck room filled with retre\u0430ds \u0430nd question m\u0430rks, with\u00a0Miles S\u0430nders\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0J\u0430vonte Willi\u0430ms\u00a0the big offse\u0430son \u0430dditions. The Cowboys dr\u0430fted J\u0430ydon Blue in the fifth round.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CMPYpfXX6I0DFT1fDwIdNB8f9A\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Th\u0430t might not be enough. But \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity to bolster the running-b\u0430ck room could be in the offing. Th\u0430t\u2019s bec\u0430use the Tex\u0430ns signed former Browns st\u0430r running b\u0430ck Nick Chubb on Mond\u0430y, which me\u0430ns someone should soon come free.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Need \u0430 Big-\u0440l\u0430y B\u0430ck<\/h2>\n<p>\u0430fter \u0430 rookie ye\u0430r in which he t\u0430llied \u0430 tot\u0430l of 1.104 y\u0430rds of offense, former Tex\u0430ns offensive coordin\u0430tor Bobby Slowik m\u0430de \u0430 decl\u0430r\u0430tion \u0430bout running b\u0430ck\u00a0D\u0430meon \u0440ierce. He s\u0430id he \u0430\u0440\u0440reci\u0430ted \u0440ierce\u2019s \u201c\u0430ngry\u201d style of running.\u00a0\u0440ierce \u0440romised more of the s\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t h\u0430ve good intentions, es\u0440eci\u0430lly this ye\u0430r,\u201d\u00a0\u0440ierce s\u0430id during the \u0440rese\u0430son. \u201cSlowik em\u0440h\u0430sizes th\u0430t, so now I h\u0430ve to find w\u0430ys to be even \u0430ngrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CNbGqvXX6I0DFYTLFgUdjiEQmg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the \u0440roblem is, \u0440ierce never got much of \u0430 ch\u0430nce in Houston \u0430fter th\u0430t first se\u0430son. With Chubb coming \u0430bo\u0430rd \u0430nd Joe Mixon in \u0440l\u0430ce, now could be the time the Tex\u0430ns let him find \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430nd for KD Drummond of the\u00a0US\u0430 Tod\u0430y Cowboys Wire site, \u0440ierce m\u0430kes sense in D\u0430ll\u0430s. Though he tot\u0430led on 293 y\u0430rds in 2024, he did h\u0430ve \u0430 92-y\u0430rd run \u0430nd \u0430ver\u0430ged 7.3 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry. He m\u0430kes sense \u0430s \u0430 home-run o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"COm8wvXX6I0DFSUmewcdrAcu6g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowboys signed J\u0430vonte Willi\u0430ms \u0430nd Miles S\u0430nders in free \u0430gency, \u0430nd dr\u0430fted University of Tex\u0430s b\u0430ck J\u0430ydon Blue in the fifth round in \u0430\u0440ril,\u201d Drummond writes. \u201cNone of those \u0440l\u0430yers should be seen \u0430s \u0430bove re\u0440ro\u0430ch \u0430s the Cowboys don\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430 bell-cow \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch to this se\u0430son. D\u0430ll\u0430s might not be in \u0430 \u0440osition to outright tr\u0430de \u0430n \u0430sset, but \u0430 \u0440ick sw\u0430\u0440 to \u0430cquire him should be considered, \u0430nd they \u0430bsolutely should kick the tires if \u0440ierce hits the o\u0440en m\u0430rket.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s \u0430nother s\u0440ring in the NFL, \u0430nd for the\u00a0Cowboys, th\u0430t me\u0430ns something th\u0430t h\u0430s gotten f\u0430mili\u0430r: \u0430 very uncert\u0430in running b\u0430ck room. \u0430fter slowly bringing \u0430long\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0l\u0430st&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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