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DeMarco Murray not just a product of Cowboys' O-line

When Joseph Randle suggested last month that DeMarco Murray left "a lot of meat on the bone" last season, the implication was that the starting running back left yards on the field.

Does the 2014 Offensive Player of the Year owe his award to the Dallas Cowboys' dominant offensive line?

In a conversation with USA Today's Nate Davis, Murray scoffed at that suggestion.

"I think Barry Sanders is the only one who didn't have a great O-line," Murray said. "Emmitt Smith, Terrell Davis, all these guys had great lines.