Cowboys "Cherish" Lance Dunbar

[Harry]

Dunbar is even younger, and thus fresher, and coming off a sophomore season in which he averaged an impressive 5.0 yards per carry (albeit on a tiny sample size of 30 attempts). Before suffering a season-ending knee injury last November, the 24-year-old was tearing it up with 102 yards on 15 carries over a two-game stretch, twice busting free for 18-plus yards.

Dunbar has only experienced 144 regular-season NFL snaps, but the Cowboys cherish the North Texas product so much right now that he was among the healthy scratches for last week's preseason opener. They're already thinking about preserving the guy.

"Certainly we have a good feel for what he can do," Garrett said of the decision to hold Dunbar out, per ESPN.com's Todd Archer. We just want to be selective with certain guys in preseason. DeMarco Murray did not play in the game. We felt the same way about Dunbar."

Archer concluded that "the Cowboys believe Dunbar will be a big part of their offense," and that's now impossible to dispute.

Read more: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2162274-running-back-committee-might-be-exactly-what-the-dallas-cowboys-need

[VideoEagle]

Cherish? That's certainly the wrong adjectve. Cherish is a word that's used to describe...

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