“Source: Cowboys are waiving RB Jaydon Blue,” Schefter wrote.<\/p>\n
This is surprising, to say the least, as Blue appeared to be well on his way to making the 53-man roster, at least, and there was a belief he could win the No. 2 running back role, also.<\/p>\n
After a disappointing first season in the NFL that saw him play very little after failing to earn the trust of the coaching staff, Blue showed growth in his second offseason.<\/p>\n
MORE: Cowboys 53-man roster cuts tracker<\/a><\/p>\n Blue was regularly praised by head coach Brian Schottenheimer and others during the offseason and was routinely a standout in practices. By all accounts, it appeared he had improved drastically.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he came back, and I\u2019ve said this before, I think he came back with a different mentality, which is great. He\u2019s always been extremely bright and picked up the scheme very, very well,\u201d Schotty said of Blue. \u201cIt\u2019s been good for us to see him take the next step in certain areas, whether it\u2019s pass protection, whether it\u2019s some of the stuff in the return game. But I noticed it early on that there was a little bit different intentionality about him. But he\u2019s got to continue to compete because that\u2019s a deep room as well. And we\u2019ll see how we figure out the rotation. But it was early on for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n The only real knock on Blue was his lack of physicality<\/a> in the run game, but he also offers explosiveness and pass-catching ability, two things Dallas’ offense could certainly use out of the backfield.<\/p>\n There was a point this offseason where it looked like Blue might be the RB2 behind Javonte Williams before Malik Davis made a late surge in the preseason<\/a> to take it away from him. Even still, Blue looked to be primed for a roster spot.<\/p>\n Barring an addition at the position, it would appear Davis is now locked into the RB2 role, and we would guess that Hunter Luepke will make the cut, also.<\/p>\n Blue wasn’t the only recent running back draft pick to get cut on Sunday, as Phil Mafah was reportedly among those who were waived by the team.<\/p>\n
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