Joseph Randle needs to take burden off of DeMarco Murray
by Chris Zolli | Tue, Oct 7th 11:41am EDT
Joseph Randle only had two carries for four yards last week and only has 11 carries for 61 yards on the season. (NFL)
Fantasy Impact:
Joseph Randle, or Lance Dunbar quite frankly, need to unburden DeMarco Murray or his record pace may come to a sudden stop. Randle has earned the backup running back role as Dunbar has not been good at all this season and Randle has a much higher upside. Murray says that he wants to maintain his pace, a career high 31 carries last week defends that point, but it is foolish for a running back to go from 217 carries to 400+ carries. For Murray to feel less of a burden, Randle needs to continue his 5.5 yard per carry pace so that the offense continues to run smoothly without Murray. There are some that see a lot of Murray's explosiveness in Randle so they could be a great combination in the backfield. If the Cowboys choose to limit Murray, Randle would be an outstanding sleeper pickup in all formats, as he also showed that he can be at least an average receiver out of the backfield.
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