Prior to the season, when Darren McFadden was hurt and didn’t look like he could make it back and provide anything to the Dallas running attack, I was of the view that he should be traded or cut, to save the rather modest $800,000 difference between his cap hit and dead cap number.
At this point, however, as disappointing as Lance Dunbar and Alfred Morris have been, it seems that the Cowboys would be far better off with McFadden taking all the backup snaps at running back.
Let’s look at the numbers.
Obviously Darren McFadden had a lot more opportunities last year than either Morris or Dunbar have had this year.