Blue is at least giving first-year Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer an unexpected dilemma with his two-deep on offense ahead of the regular season. Blue's competing with Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders and Deuce Vaughn for essentially one of two roles within the Dallas scheme — lead back or a dependable second weapon.

Jaydon Blue is using the 'fake story' claiming Dallas Cowboys coaches were concerned about his work ethic as motivation for the upcoming NFL season.

Heading into camp, the Cowboys’ most glaring weakness was at running back. Veterans Rico Dowdle and Ezekiel Elliott are gone and weren't exactly elite last season (to put it mildly). In fact, the 2024 Dallas rushing attack was not only ineffective, it was downright disastrous. See the graphics below: