Jerry: DeMarco Murray reminds of Eric Dickerson

[ponyfan08]

Jerry Jones believes it’s premature - and "almost not pertinent" - to say whether DeMarco Murray should be the Cowboys’ starting running back for the foreseeable future.

However, Jones doesn’t hesitate to compare the Cowboys’ rookie sensation to a Hall of Fame back.




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Most rushing yards over three games during rookie season:



Player

Yr.

Yds.




Mike Anderson

'00

577



Mike Anderson

'00

543



Eric Dickerson

'83

533



Corey Dillon

'97

487



Eric Dickerson

'83

466



DeMarco Murray

'11

466

"He kind of has a glide a little like [Eric] Dickerson," Jones said Tuesday morning on KRLD-FM, referring to the former SMU star who ranks seventh in NFL history with 13,259 rushing yards. "He has a certain smoothness. His glide, he doesn’t lift his feet as much as Dickerson did, but the other thing he reminds me of is he’s running with such acceleration and power."

It’s a small sample size, but there is some statistical evidence that suggests it isn’t silly to put Murray and Dickerson in the same sentence.

Murray has rushed for 466 yards during Felix Jones’ absence, a franchise-record for a three-game span. It’s also tied with Dickerson for the fifth-most by a rookie in a three-game span. Dickerson, who ran for a rookie-record 1,808 yards in 1983, also had a 533-yard output in a three-game span that season.

The name at the top of that list can be considered a warning against knee-jerking. Denver’s Mike Anderson had the two most prolific three-game spans for a rookie running back in NFL history. But that was the peak of a career that ended with 4,067 rushing yards.

But Murray makes Jones think of a Hall of Famer. And maybe he’s good enough to start for the Cowboys, too.


http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/ ... -dickerson

[huskerpony]

GIVE HIM MORE CARRIES THEN JERRY! I need the fantasy points....CJ-No-K is killing me.

[PonyPlayer4]

All that production with a terrible offensive line.

[smuuth]

I have never seen anyone with Dickerson's style, even close. To big that big and fast it seemed to me when he broke free it was more like watching a sprinter at the Olympics heading for the tape than a fb player heading for the goalline! The angle didn't matter!

[03Mustang]

Jerry also thinks that he built the early 90s teams and that he actually understands a damn thing about football.

[ponyscott]

It was beauty to watch ED actually glide through defenses and on to the end zone. NO one come close to that upright smooth style.....pure beauty.