Since the moment that DeMarco Murray left for the dessicated, weedy pastures of the NovaCare Complex (where the Eagles train), Cowboys fans have seen running back as one of the team's crying draft needs. And it would appear that the Dallas braintrust agrees with this assessment; as we know, they have invited almost every running back expected to be drafted in the first three rounds.So, all they have to do is take one of them and the team is set, right?
Not so fast. More recently, as the draft's larger landscape has come into sharper focus, shrewd observers have noticed that the first tier of backs - Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon - are likely to be off the board by the time the Cowboys pick in round one and, more disconcertingly, the second tier - generally believed to be Tevin Coleman, Jay Ajayi, Duke Johnson - tend to fall in the 35-50 range, which is a good ten picks before the Cowboys are back on the clock with their second rounder, at #60.