FRISCO, Texas — After a profitable free agent go to and exercise on Tuesday afternoon at The Star, the Dallas Cowboys are anticipated to signal four-time Professional Bowl working again Dalvin Prepare dinner.
The expectation is that Prepare dinner will begin on the follow squad for the Cowboys whereas ramping as much as fill the void of lacking coaching camp and preseason.
Prepare dinner, 29, spent six seasons in Minnesota (5 with Mike Zimmer) and rushed for five,993 yards together with 1,557 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2020. After being let go by the Vikings final offseason, Prepare dinner signed with the New York Jets and couldn’t discover footing along with his new squad, dashing for simply 214 yards and 0 touchdowns on 67 carries in 16 video games. He was launched forward of the playoffs and signed with the Baltimore Ravens the place he rushed for 23 yards on eight carries within the workforce’s divisional spherical win.
The working again room now options Ezekiel Elliott, Rico Dowdle, Deuce Vaughn and the newly acquired Prepare dinner, as Dallas appears to be like to switch a working sport that primarily featured Tony Pollard and Dowdle one 12 months in the past. Hunter Luepke can be an element within the working sport however the expectation is that he’ll principally see motion at fullback and tight finish in 2024.
With Elliott’s three honors and Prepare dinner’s 4 profession nods, the Cowboys place group can now declare essentially the most Professional Bowl honors of any working again room within the NFL with seven. Whereas the expertise at a excessive stage could possibly be helpful in the direction of the offense’s working sport in 2024, mileage and getting older working types is also factored in as a adverse within the room.
Dowdle and Vaughn would be the wanted youth parts to the working again room, because the Cowboys might want to discover a spark behind the downhill, quick yardage nature of Elliott and Prepare dinner’s skillset ought to he be elevated to the energetic roster.
With him starting on the follow squad, Prepare dinner might be elevated for 3 video games by the Cowboys earlier than needing to be moved onto the energetic roster to take part in any additional contests.