The Dallas Cowboys wasted no time looking for help after Sunday night’s run game came up empty.
After New York held Dallas to just 69 rushing yards, the Cowboys moved to add Tyler Goodson, taking him off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad and onto the 53-man roster, according to Aaron Wilson on Tuesday. The move comes with Malik Davis out after hip surgery stemming from last week’s practice, leaving the backfield behind Javonte Williams looking thin.
Williams handled the bulk of the work against the Giants, while Emari Demercado was limited to five offensive snaps and Israel Abanikanda is also in the mix. Even with those names on the board, the room clearly needed another body.
As Miles Garrett put it, “The Cowboys are signing RB Tyler Goodson off the Falcons practice squad. Risk you take with just 2 RBs on the active roster.”
Goodson, 25, brings speed to the table. He ran a 4.42 forty and led Atlanta in preseason rushing with 93 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown against Indianapolis. The Falcons still kept only Bijan Robinson and Brian Robinson Jr. on their Week 1 roster, and Goodson never got a regular-season snap with Atlanta.
His NFL résumé includes 33 games with the Colts, where he logged 54 carries for 264 yards and 19 catches. He is not walking in with a starter label, but Dallas is clearly looking for a change-of-pace option who can catch the ball and get north in a hurry. Pass protection remains his weakest spot, but the speed is what made him worth the move.
The Cowboys had already cut Jaydon Blue before the opener, then lost Davis. Demercado is new to the building, and after one rough rushing night, the next answer became obvious. Dallas does not want to ask Dak Prescott to survive another game on 69 ground yards.
Williams stays at the top of the depth chart, with Demercado and Abanikanda still ahead of Goodson in the pecking order for now. He will have to earn snaps. Still, Dallas has already started reshaping the backfield, and Goodson is the first swing at fixing what went wrong on the ground.
Atlanta, meanwhile, is left with Cash Jones as the last taxi-squad runner. The Falcons even turned to Zaccheaus as an emergency back in Pittsburgh, a sign of how little depth they had left. Dallas took the veteran they left exposed, and one move changed both teams’ running back plans this week.
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