Heading into week three of the preseason, the current weakest position group on the Dallas Cowboys is the running back room. The room currently consists of Ezekiel Elliott, Rico Dowdle, Malik Davis, Royce Freeman, and Deuce Vaughn. Back in May, head coach Mike McCarthy had confirmed to reporters that the team would be taking a committee approach as opposed to a bell-cow back.
“We’re running back by committee. I think it’s the times that we’re in. Seventeen games is a lot of football — that’s a big role for those guys. Don’t get me wrong, they’d all like to carry it like the old days and have those touches, but you want those guys fresh at the most important time of the year.