Cowboys RB Marion Barber III :Trade Bait?

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From ESPNDallas.com

Multiple Cowboys sources denied Tuesday that Marion Barber is on the trading block.

The denials come on the heels of an NFL Network report that Barber is available via trade. Due a $4M roster bonus and $3.8M base salary, the increasingly injury-prone MBIII is making too much money to play a supporting role behind Felix Jones.
 
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mudloggerone said:
the increasingly injury-prone MBIII is making too much money to play a supporting role behind Felix Jones.
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How is he increasingly injury prone? He started 13 games in 08 and 15 in 09.

Supporting role? Felix made that huge jump from about 25 carries to just over 100 compared to Barber taking about a 25 carry dip but improving his production.

I just don't see it.
 
The potential of the Dallas Cowboys trading RB Marion Barber III is a possibility, but it remains a long shot, according to The Dallas Morning News' Todd Archer. Barber will earn nearly $8 million this year through roster bonus and base salary. After this year, he has another $24 million or so left on his contract extension, which runs through 2014. According to Archer, it always appeared the financials would get in the way of Barber being dealt. However, with it being an uncapped year, any team interested in Barber would not have to worry about the signing bonus proration or cap room to make a trade work. Any other team could simply let Barber play out this year and if they do not want to pay him the remainder, they could cut him or rework the deal.

Barber seems more of a RBBC back and as such my not have a lot of great fits out there. Vikings with AP? Chargers, Thunder and Lightning with Sproles? Forte and Barber on the Bears? Kevin Smith and Barber? Chris Johnson and Barber instead of Lendale White? Frank Gore and Barber? Michael Turner and Barber, or is this the year Norwood comes through? A Patriot???
 
I just don't see the match up for them to move them where it makes sense. I agree he is a RBBC component but that is exactly what he has in Dallas. Whether he or Jones take the bulk of the carries they have a potent backfield and I do not see them taking a step backward just to establish Jones as the starter or moving Choice up as the complementary back.
 
Cooley Cadets said:
I just don't see the match up for them to move them where it makes sense. I agree he is a RBBC component but that is exactly what he has in Dallas. Whether he or Jones take the bulk of the carries they have a potent backfield and I do not see them taking a step backward just to establish Jones as the starter or moving Choice up as the complementary back.
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I agree with you and Sarge. I don't think it will happen or that it should. Of Course, I have been wrong before. I thought that a lot of teams should have McNabbed but didn't think the Eagles should have traded him.
 
Thats a lot of bank to pay MBIII, for one he cant stay healthy an entire season and will no doubt be losing carries to T.Choice and J.Jones
 
derringer007 said:
Thats a lot of bank to pay MBIII, for one he cant stay healthy an entire season and will no doubt be losing carries to T.Choice and J.Jones
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Neither Choice or Jones can be considered poster boys for iron men at this point. Barber may very well lose carries but I would not be surprised if at the end of the season he still beats out the other two or at least makes it very close between him and Jones.
 
Cooley Cadets said:
I don't question his skill but I agree with you Coach at least to the extent that he has not shown he can carry a/the team
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I agree, mad skills when totally healthy. But totally healthy is the key, if he is tweaked up a bit he is not that spectacular at all, just another nice RB.
 
rotoworld,

Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones hinted Tuesday that Marion Barber could remain the team's primary running back.

"I know this: He looks quicker," Jones said at the NFL owners' meetings. "He's just in great shape. ... You could easily go from there and look at what his role might be, and it'd certainly be on par with anything he's done." Still, we're thinking Felix Jones will take the majority of touches this year.
Source: ESPNDallas.com
 
rotoworld,
Marion Barber has dropped 10 pounds from last season's listed playing weight of 222.

Barber lost the weight in an effort to regain lost speed. "He's leaner and looks quicker than he's been," said running backs coach Skip Peete. He won't need the extra weight to withstand the pounding of a heavy workload now that Felix Jones is line for double-digit carries each game.
Source: Dallas Morning News
 
rotoworld,
SI's Peter King thinks that all the talk of Felix Jones being the Cowboys' No. 1 RB has served as a wakeup call for Marion Barber.

Barber "knows he's not on scholarship anymore," writes King. Now 10 pounds lighter, Barber appears prepared to fight for his job. We still suspect Jones will end up with more touches than Barber this season.
Source: SI.com
 
Meanwhile, ProFootballWekkly.com envisions a more Bettis -like role. Dallas Cowboys RB Marion Barber III will likely get most of the fourth-quarter carries for the team this upcoming season.
 
rotoworld,Cowboys running back coach Skip Peete revealed that Marion Barber played the last 13 games of the 2009 season with a torn left quadriceps muscle.

"He still has a hole in it," Peete said. Barber suffered the injury in Week 2, when it was originally labeled a strain. Keep that in mind the next time someone tells you NFL teams are forthcoming with injury details. He also battled knee and thigh injuries in the playoffs, when he was held to 18 yards on 11 carries. Barber hasn't displayed any carryover effects from the injury this spring, but he remains a poor bet to stay healthy for 16 games.
Source: ESPNDallas.com
 
Heard about his Quad today.....very interesting, should be interesting to see if he can be more explosive if it is healed.
 
(cbssports.com)The Dallas Morning News reports Cowboys RB Marion Barber, who turned 27 on Friday, is showing signs of slowing down. He reportedly has lost 10 pounds this offseason and is having good practice sessions, but Barber's work the past couple of years suggests he's on the decline. In his first three seasons, Barber averaged 4.54 yards per carry. In the last two seasons, he has dropped to 4.02. Injuries contributed to the drop in production. Barber was not the same last season after injuring a quadriceps muscle in the second game. He had 203 yards and a 6.3-yard average in the first two games and 729 yards with a 4-yard average for the remainder of the season. Barber missed only one game, suggesting it was a low-grade tear. RB coach Skip Peete said this week Barber incurred a more severe tear that probably should have kept him out for six weeks. "The biggest factor with Marion has been his health," offensive coordinator Jason Garrett said. "You could see that he was fighting through it. We have no reason to think otherwise that when he's healthy and ready to go, he'll be the same Marion Barber we've seen in the past." Going into the season, Barber is the starter in a time-sharing arrangement with Felix Jones and Tashard Choice. If form holds, Barber would receive about 15 carries per game.
 
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