Peterson, Gurley, or even if we still had Murray, it's kind of preposterous (to me anyway) that we still give one guy 400 carries. It simply won't be happening, with Tony's health tons better than last year, as it should be.
Most people think what we saw last year represents a new direction we'll now stick with, and I don't believe that. I believe what we saw last year was a aberration out of the necessity of Tony's back issues. Next year, we will go back to what we saw the four years prior to last year - pass happy, and running the ball only grudgingly. That's Garrett. He's not a "run first" guy and never will be, no matter how well it works every time it is tried.
What evidence is there that there's been a major offensive philosophy change in Dallas? They go run-heavy one year, and suddenly we assume this will continue? When we have a history here of four years prior, when it wasn't that way?
I don't buy that. I doubt we see even 300 carries out of one guy. And doubt we have even 400 carries total for all backs, the whole year. In 2013 we had a TEAM TOTAL of only 336 rushing carries. The year before that it was 355 total. The year before that - ooooh - 408 total.
Besides the aberrant last season, we simply haven't been a run-first team.
So, I really don't think we go after Peterson even if he is somehow available and not overly expensive, for the same reasons we really weren't in the hunt to keep Murray - it's simply not the direction they want to go. It's not their real philosophy.
Tony will be back and healthy, and he will get 525 pass attempts next year instead of 100 less like he had last year. He is the star of the team, he is the guy we're invested in.