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Running back Joseph Randle has lost his starting job. Now his status with Cowboys could be in jeopardy after he bolted from the facility Wednesday for what has termed “a personal issue” by a source.
Randle, who skipped a treatment session for a strained oblique that already had him iffy for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, is expected to return and meet with the Cowboys coaches Thursday.
Per a source, a decision on his status with the team, let alone Sunday’s game, will be made then.
Per a source, Randle did not leave the facility because he was upset about being surpassed on the depth chart by running back Darren McFadden, a move owner Jerry Jones announced Tuesday.
Randle didn’t practice on Wednesday because of the injury that sidelined him in the first quarter of last Sunday’s 27-20 loss to the New York Giants, leaving him in no position to protest a change when he might not even be available for the game.
Still, his decision to go AWOL and miss a treatment session has frustrated a Cowboys staff that has grown increasingly impatient with Randle’s litany of troubles.
Randle was arrested twice in a four-month span from last October to February as he was investigated for shoplifting, marijuana possession and domestic violence.
He further drew the ire of the Cowboys in May when he disrespected 2014 NFL leading rusher DeMarco Murray by saying he left some meat on the bone during his team-record 1,845-yard season.
Randle eventually won the starting job as Murray’s replacement but had yet to seize control, rushing for 313 yards on 76 carries and four touchdowns in the first six games.
He has been rebuked by the coaches for being careless with the ball. Running backs coach Gary Brown and offensive line coach Frank Pollack had harsh words for him about it in a loss against the New Orleans Saints Oct. 4.
McFadden did grab control against the Giants, rushing 29 times for 152 yards to earn the promotion.
All this comes a week after Randle said he wasn’t going to cause problems and be a cancer if his role was reduced.
“I just want to be somebody good around the locker room that’s not always mad about this and mad about that, making sure that I’m not a cancer in this locker room,” Randle said. “So I’m not going to be the one complaining for carries and all this different stuff like that. That’s not how I’m going to play.”
Now the question is: What is Randle’s status going forward?
Running back Joseph Randle has lost his starting job. Now his status with Cowboys could be in jeopardy after he bolted from the facility Wednesday for what has termed “a personal issue” by a source.
Randle, who skipped a treatment session for a strained oblique that already had him iffy for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, is expected to return and meet with the Cowboys coaches Thursday.
Per a source, a decision on his status with the team, let alone Sunday’s game, will be made then.
Per a source, Randle did not leave the facility because he was upset about being surpassed on the depth chart by running back Darren McFadden, a move owner Jerry Jones announced Tuesday.
Randle didn’t practice on Wednesday because of the injury that sidelined him in the first quarter of last Sunday’s 27-20 loss to the New York Giants, leaving him in no position to protest a change when he might not even be available for the game.
Still, his decision to go AWOL and miss a treatment session has frustrated a Cowboys staff that has grown increasingly impatient with Randle’s litany of troubles.
Randle was arrested twice in a four-month span from last October to February as he was investigated for shoplifting, marijuana possession and domestic violence.
He further drew the ire of the Cowboys in May when he disrespected 2014 NFL leading rusher DeMarco Murray by saying he left some meat on the bone during his team-record 1,845-yard season.
Randle eventually won the starting job as Murray’s replacement but had yet to seize control, rushing for 313 yards on 76 carries and four touchdowns in the first six games.
He has been rebuked by the coaches for being careless with the ball. Running backs coach Gary Brown and offensive line coach Frank Pollack had harsh words for him about it in a loss against the New Orleans Saints Oct. 4.
McFadden did grab control against the Giants, rushing 29 times for 152 yards to earn the promotion.
All this comes a week after Randle said he wasn’t going to cause problems and be a cancer if his role was reduced.
“I just want to be somebody good around the locker room that’s not always mad about this and mad about that, making sure that I’m not a cancer in this locker room,” Randle said. “So I’m not going to be the one complaining for carries and all this different stuff like that. That’s not how I’m going to play.”
Now the question is: What is Randle’s status going forward?
