Cowboys Working Out Lamichael James

SixisBetter · Oct 13, 2015

Ross Jones of FOX Sports reports that the Cowboys are bringing in free agent RB LaMichael Jamesfor a workout on Wednesday.
This is the first reported interest in James since he was cut loose by the Dolphins a few weeks into the regular season.
James, 25, was taken in the second-round of the 2012 draft, but was unable to carve out a role with the 49ers. The Dolphins later added him to their practice squad a few days after he was waived by San Francisco.
Miami wound up promoting James him to their active roster just in early September before waiving him to make room for RB Raheem Mostert.
Last year, the 49ers had James active for just 10 games, which had a lot to do with him being slotted as the No. 4 running back on their depth chart. James wound up playing just 28 snaps this season and totaled 59 yards on 12 carries.

Source:Cowboys Working Out RB LaMichael James | NFL Trade Rumors - NFL Rumors

ThoughtExperiment · Oct 13, 2015

Dunbar replacement, I guess.

SixisBetter · Oct 13, 2015

Yeah,I guess.He does have some skills in that role.Well,he did at Oregon.He flashed a couple times at SF too. :idunno

Midswat · Oct 13, 2015

Hope he doesn't cut into McFaddens playing time.

Doomsday · Oct 13, 2015

Still young. Maybe has fresh legs too? Should come relatively cheap. Worth a look.

Scot · Oct 13, 2015

McMuffin hasn't done shit for us and he gets brought down by one hand by guys flat on their back. It's happened more than once. I'm done with him

Omegasupreme · Oct 13, 2015

Is he really an upgrade over Mike and Mac? Would another RB really make a difference? They can keep bringing players in all they want and try to run the same basic running plays that make no difference in the offense, it doesn't matter. Another player? Jason had the number one offensive player in the league last year and would not give him the ball at the time the playoff game needed the running back in order to win. The issue is more about designing an effective offense that can use running and passing equally well. I think even if Adrian Peterson would have ended up in Dallas, the situation might be similar. There is a lack of interest and industry with the running plays and the play calls.

If they find ways to run the ball, then 4th down and short probably won't take place often, and there are more options in the passing game when the running back is eating up yards. Jason called the offense "a pass offense" last week. Jason may very we'll view the running game as a hassle of trick plays he is not interested in designing or having in his basic pass offense.

LAZARUS_LOGAN · Oct 13, 2015

Omegasupreme said:
Is he really an upgrade over Mike and Mac? Would another RB really make a difference? They can keep bringing players in all they want and try to run the same basic running plays that make no difference in the offense, it doesn't matter. Another player? Jason had the number one offensive player in the league last year and would not give him the ball at the time the playoff game needed the running back in order to win. The issue is more about designing an effective offense that can use running and passing equally well. I think even if Adrian Peterson would have ended up in Dallas, the situation might be similar. There is a lack of interest and industry with the running plays and the play calls.

If they find ways to run the ball, then 4th down and short probably won't take place often, and there are more options in the passing game when the running back is eating up yards. Jason called the offense "a pass offense" last week. Jason may very we'll view the running game as a hassle of trick plays he is not interested in designing or having in his basic pass offense.

Trying to quarterback this team from the HC position.

cmd34 · Oct 13, 2015

You have to think the staff is just not that impressed with Michael.

ThoughtExperiment · Oct 13, 2015

cmd34 said:
You have to think the staff is just not that impressed with Michael.

I kind of suspect he's not learning the playbook well enough or is making too many mistakes, same as in Seattle. And that's why he's only on short yardage where things are incredibly simple.

UVAwahoos · Oct 13, 2015

So they traded for an idiot? Do they not vet these dudes? Michael has talent for sure.

Scot · Oct 13, 2015

Well if he's not picking it up or there some other issue now is the time to release him. If he's active for game 8 then that triggers the draft picks to go to Seattle.

VTA · Oct 13, 2015

Cool. And if he impresses, the season will be sufficiently crushed by the time he knows the offense well enough to squeak in a single carry behind that juggernaut Joseph Randle. This RB situation has been pretty amateur hour since letting Murray depart.

UVAwahoos · Oct 13, 2015

They had absolutely zero plans other than "durrr lets try to trade for AD cuz he good at fooball"

LAZARUS_LOGAN · Oct 13, 2015

UVAwahoos said:
They had absolutely zero plans other than "durrr lets try to trade for AD cuz he good at fooball"

And they could have drafted an RB, but essentially decided against it because everyone was expecting them to. But like Omega stated... wouldn't have made a difference because Garrett does not value the run game.

Midswat · Oct 13, 2015

cmd34 said:
You have to think the staff is just not that impressed with Michael.

The story in Seattle was he had talent but didn't give a fuck.

I seriously doubt going from a world class organization to this circus is going to make him change his ways.

I once had hopes for the guy, but not much anymore. Still like him better than any of our other backs.

Scot · Oct 13, 2015

I just want to see C Mike get a chance if only to see if he's worth a damn

Otherwise we need to drop him so we don't lose the picks

Bob Sacamano · Oct 13, 2015

It has nothing to do with Michaels. It's the coaches. They are stubborn with sticking to the plan of having Randle and McFadden be the top playing time earners in the RBBC.

Scot · Oct 13, 2015

What's been pissing me off is Randall has success in the first half then regardless of how well he performs they still put in McMuffin

It seems every time Randall is doing good and they replace him with McMuffin our running game just dies

If one guy is doing good we need to stick with him. If his performance starts dropping of then we can toss in McMuffin. But don't take they guy with the hot hand so to speak off the field

If he needs to take a couple plays off to rest that's fine. But don't just replace him with another RB just to get a pair of fresh legs on the field

Doomsday · Oct 13, 2015

I wonder if James still runs his 4.45.

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