I think Romo got beat up a couple times on blitzes that Barber would’ve picked up, but I don’t know for sure if it was the RB missing a block.

Barber and Choice wear their hearts on their sleeve and I love watching them play.

FJ is a great talent but he can’t help the team if he’s the training room all the time.
Was he injured alot in college?

I just can’t agree with people who want to dispute with what they’re eyes have seen based on draft status. I watched that Pitt game from last year, and Tashard showed the whole world his determination and heart in that game. Tashard has shown the ability to be the main back. Barber is a closer, and our veteran now. But Tashard has heart. determination, fire, and he is a vocal leader on the field and in the locker room. He will carry the team on his back to victory. Oh, did I forget to mention that Tashard is a deadly reciever out of the backfield? just some food for thought about what to do in the next big NFC east game.

Very gifted strong yet elusive runner. When Healthy could easily lead the league in rushing… but that was always his problem.

I just hope some how thats not Felix fate. Every time he looks like he is about to be tackled I hold my breath.. An after that 40 yd run when he didn’t bounce up I was like Oh no!

He’s got to stay healthy, his speed, agility and vision makes him an unbelievable weapon.

But I don’t really see how you can classify any of our running backs as 1st string, 2nd, or 3rd. You have to look at them differently.

How does the running back do running between the tackles?
How does the running back do getting to the corner?
How does the running back do catching the ball?
How does the running back do blocking?
How does the running back do passing the ball?

MB3- the power back. He can get the corner, but it’s not his strength. His strength is, well, his strength, thus he runs between the tackles very well. He catches the ball well. He blocks well. Never seen him pass. His weakness, if any, is speed. He does three out of the 5 things extremely well.

Felix- the lightning rod. Man, can he get to the corner. Some say he is injury prone. He can run between the tackles, but so far hasn’t shown that he is that kind of power back, and needs improvement there. He catches the ball well out of the backfield, but with his speed needs to catch passes down the field more. His blocking may need more work, but is adequete. Never seen him pass. His weaknesses are blocking, and possibly running between the tackles. He does 2 of the 5 things like superman. The one thing (blocking) is what he is average at.

Tashard- Mr all-everything. He has heart and passion for the game. He excells at running between the tackles. He is excellent at recieving the ball out of the backfield. He is not an excellent at blocking, but he is good at it. He can get to the corner very well. Haven’t seen him throw the ball, but one would think that in our wildcat, he may be capable of doing it well, we just don’t know. We may find out though. It was weird to see Romo out of the game on a play that was successful. Weakness? i don’t know. The best way to describe him is he is not excellent at anything, just very good at everything. That is what makes him excellent though.
A big plus is he is a vocal leader on the field and in the locker room. He does 3 to 4 of the 5 things very well, not excellent, but a very well is close to an excellent. He may do the 5th thing very well too (throwing) but we just don’t know, and, apparantly after last nights razorback, we are going to find out.

i agree about choice. one thing i love about him is what he says in his interviews. he is one of those people that when he says he is happy to see the guys ahead of him do well, you know he means it. he even got some love by bill simmons on his podcast today.

one thing that crossed my mind is the possibility of dallas not extending his contract (not sure when it runs out) and that another team is willing to pay him well to leave. i have a feeling though that hes not the type of player who would sell out for a few extra bucks, but really loves playing for dallas. i also agree with taoboy in that he reminds me of emmitt in some ways, besides the fact that emmitt should never open his mouth

Barber is the man. I was just thinking into the near future. If MB3 keeps getting injured he cant be the man. Same goes for Felix. Choice seems like he might have a long future as a true franchise back. Lock him up

I think most of the people here at BTB think Felix
andi Marion are the guys, and alot of people think of Tashard as just the “3rd down, 3rd string back”. Just because alot of people here have written that they like what Choice has accomplished doesn’t mean the entire BTB community views Tashard that way. Tashard is my favorite back that the Cowboys have, and that’s not a knock on Felix or MB3. I just like the multi-facet, slow, eat the clock on your opponent approach. It’s not that I don’t like the blazing speed that Felix has, or the dynamic power of the Barbarian. It’s all just your perspective of what you like and prefer. Pick your poison.

I think, so far, Felix has shown better vision, but CJ’s a much better pass catcher.

Thus far, the Johnson pick has been better in the same way that Ware has turned out to be better than Merriman. Both Merriman and Felix might have more upside, but they haven’t been able to show durability and consistentcy like Ware and Johnson.

has told Felix he is fragile, and I’m sure he doesn’t get on here to read about it either. It might be getting in his head a little bit, but I don’t think it would affect him the way that type of thing would affect a runner like Barber. Felix thrives on avoiding tacklers, so feeling like youre injury prone wouldn’t affect his play much imo.

I don’t understand how upping his workload will make him tougher. If he’s getting constantly nicked up one 5-9 carries, how will 15-20 carries help? I think it’s more of making through the majority of the season that will toughen him up. It’s important to remember that the Cowboys don’t have full tackling in practice (or camp i believe). I think for now it’s better to not overdo it and see how he reacts to getting more games under his belt.

JG really hasnt show his hand yet with him. Another thing i wonder y they dont use that many screens with him. That is all he need is a little bit of light and possibly a miss tackle.

Felix will alright he might just need to know how to protect himself better and to know his limits.