Reuniting with running back Ezekiel Elliott has looked like a waste for the Dallas Cowboys. On Thursday, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed Rico Dowdle is now the lead running back and they're no longer using a committee.

The Dallas Cowboys’ running back-by-committee experiment is dead. The time of death, officially, was around 11:24 a.m. on Thursday when head coach Mike McCarthy declared that Rico Dowdle is the team’s bell cow.

The Dallas Cowboys are looking for a spark on offense with Dak Prescott sidelined for the remainder of the year, and head coach Mike McCarthy is hoping to get it from one of his running backs. Rico Dowdle has been the Cowboys’ best running back this season,

McCarthy is in the final year of his contract and with the Cowboys struggling, it will be pretty easy for Jerry Jones to make the decision to move on once the season is over (Jones has already said he won't fire McCarthy during the season).

Speculation about Deion Sanders' coaching future is once again in overdrive. Sanders has clinched Colorado's first bowl game in eight years, but he has far loftier aspirations in his second season. At 7-2,