Tashard Choice: Dallas Cowboys’ Offensive Key Has Been There All Along

March 4, 2011   ·   Freddy Blair   ·   Jump to comments

Tashard Choice is the real deal. 
He is the total package at running back. The way he slices through the line allows him to get the most out of every run, and he often will pick up an extra yard as he is going down, falling to the side of tacklers and stretching out to pick up just a little more as he goes down.
He has the quickness to slice through the middle, and enough speed to break it to the outside if he has to. Choice shows the kinds of instinctive running that can't be taught, as he feels his way through a crowded line on his way to daylight.
He could have been the next Emmitt Smith—except his first three years as a Cowboy were wasted as a backup for Marion Barber and Felix Jones.
Tashard Choice should have been the starter, and Felix Jones should have been given enough carries to take advantage of his explosiveness. The Cowboys could have had two of the top running backs in football in their backfield for the past tw...

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