What do you mean? They payed Barber all that money, because he was worth it, and someone else would have. Jones was taken in the first round, of course they are going to use him. You don't take rb's in the first round, that are going to be out of the spotlight. This years draft was DEEP at RB, if the cowboys wanted a complimentary piece to Barber, they could have gotten a very good one in the second or third round.
Barber has never fully been the man, and he is most effective in a two back system. Jones is a special runner, the world will see.
What I mean is that I disagree with your notion that he will be a 'star' with the Dallas Cowboys. Sure he'll probably return kicks and spell Barber every now and then. But my point is that he'll have to be a star with another team. Barber gets the spotlight as the feature back for the long term.
Also, I don't believe the Cowboys will use a two back system in the way they used Julius Jones to start the game and Barber to end it with his punishing, hard running style against 4th quarter defenses.
I think Barber gets 20-25 carries a game, easy. Felix Jones will probably play spot duty to give Barber a breather. If Barber is the feature back(and he has to be with that big contract), I think the Cowboys should have used their 1st round selection to help their depth at wide receiver or a SS with better cover skills than Roy Williams. Then draft a backup RB in the later rounds.
But Felix Jones was probably too good to pass up. Some teams feel that way about certain players they scout.
Just friendly debate, bro!
