Blogging The Boys
Notable headlines surrounding America’s team.
Klayton Adams needs his guy.
The bulk of Adams’ coaching history took place in college, where in 13 years he maneuvered his was up from a graduate assistant at Boise State in 2005 to the Colorado’s co-offensive coordinator and OL coach in 2018.
What Are They Missing?
So both of these guys love to run the football, yet what are the Dallas Cowboys missing?
A running back that they can trust under contract.
Rico Dowdle’s future in Dallas is murky at best as a free agent, but after rushing for 1,079 yards as part of a running back by committee for the first half of the season, he will have admirers for his services.
Dowdle, per Spotrac.com, is likely to get around $6 million APY on the open market, and that seems easily doable for the Cowboys, but let’s remember who is running the team. The man who doesn’t spend money at all.
Deuce Vaughn is currently the only running back that the Dallas Cowboys have under contract, and he is not going to be the one leading this team’s backfield, I can tell you that.
With that said, we do have the NFL draft coming up, so maybe we see Dallas take a back there. This class is loaded.
A candidate for running backs coach.
The Cowboys have added Matt Eberflus as the defensive coordinator and Klayton Adams as the offensive coordinator.
Schottenheimer is still filling out other assitant openings, including the running backs coach opening. The Cowboys may already have their choice set to interview.
Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that the Cowboys are bringing in Oregon Ducks running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples to interview for the same position.
A Texas native, Samples has been the running backs coach at SMU and Oregon. Samples was also the wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Rams in 2022 and has coached wide receivers at Texas and Arizona State.
This season, the Ducks rushed for 2,234 yards, averaging 171.8 yards per game. Oregon was also the number one seed in the College Football Playoff.
Maybe, this offseason will be different.
1. Cowboys sign Tee Higgins
This might fall more into the “wishing” category, but it is not impossible. Dallas has the opportunity to clear money off the salary cap if they want to. There would have to be a few cap casualties, but the team has done that in years past. If they make some room, Tee Higgins would be a big weapon to help this...
