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Reliable, budget-friendly, and reasonable. The Cowboys taking this running back for the right “price” makes a lot of sense.
The Dallas Cowboys dropped the ball last season when it came to their running back stable. They’ve proven through the early portion of the offseason that they’ve learned their lesson.
Dallas lost Rico Dowdle after a breakout campaign, but added Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders in NFL free agency. They’re also expected to add another option in the 2025 NFL Draft, especially with Williams and Sanders each on a one-year deal.
While most targets connected to the Cowboys are early-round talents, this class is deep enough that they could find someone on Day 3 capable of making a difference. One possible fit is Kyle Monangai from Rutgers, who was called the “Honda Civic” of this year’s class by Connor Rogers of the NFL Stock Exchange.
Rogers says Monangai doesn’t have the explosive athleticism of many backs in this class, but was impressed with his 1.54-second time in the 10-yard split, which he says is far more important than the 4.6 time in the 40-yard dash.
Still, it’s the reliability that won over the draft pundit, as Rogers pointed out that Monangai had 670 career carries without a fumble. He also praised his strength and ability to break tackles as Monangai has forced 139 missed tackles since 2023, eclipsing all other backs in the Big Ten.
Changing the game, will make life easier for Dallas’ gamechanger.
Not only are they want to change some rules, such as the Tush Push, but they also took away the celebration from CeeDee Lamb. Here’s a look at Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1(d) from the rules report (via Benjamin Solak). The NFL has previously received push back for banning and/or penalizing certain celebrations, so much so that the league even eased up on some of their stricter celebration policies back in 2017.
Urban Dictionary notes, “The index finger slides horizontally under the nose in the path of the ops and ends with the thumbs down position. This gesture lets your team know you’re out for blood and to scare the ops away.” Other things like banning the tush push has been brought up again, and regular season overtime rules.
The Eagles want the regular-season overtime rules to match what we have in the playoffs — where both teams get a chance to possess the ball. The proposal is stated this way. A change to the playoff seeding has also been brought to the forefront. To amend the current playoff seeding format to allow wild-card teams to be seeded higher than division champions if the wild-card team has a better regular-season record. This...
