He is an east-west change-of-pace back who can occasionally catch a swing or dump pass. That is his niche. That was always supposed to be his niche. He excels as the second string back.

Dowdle is a north south yards eater with a penchant for getting first downs. I haven’t seen him in pass protection yet, but something tells me he aint afraid to hammer a blitzing linebacker. He should be the primary.

Some of y’all forget why Emmit Smith has the record and not Barry Sanders- Barry lost 1,114 yards going backwards because he was shifting around so damn much. Is it sexy when they do acrobatic stuff? Sure. But you know what’s sexier? Going forward and moving the ball.

Pollard is shifty. It’s fun. It makes a tired defense look stupid. But Dowdle has that early Zeke Elliot dawg in him- he fuckin fights. And considering the state our line is in against winning teams, Dowdle may have a short career (poor line play ate up Zeke too), so we may as well run this man for all he’s worth and save Pollard’s legs for the home runs.