DeMarco Murray: Not assured of lead back role

We have a game here in two days. With that type of money invested into the position, you’d think Philadelphia would rank higher than No. 12 in rushing yards per game (115.7) and No. 18 in yards per carry (4.0).

The 2014 rushing champion while with the Cowboys, Murray was reported by ESPN.com not to be a distraction to his new team.

Oh by the way, Mathews practiced yesterday and I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets more carries than Murray on Sunday.

Ignore him, for now.

Cutting Murray before next season would salary-cap suicide, since he would count $13 million against the cap.

The strings had snapped, the pressure was on and Kelly made a ballsy move to effectively cut Murray’s snaps in half. Murray thinks it’s “strange” that he didn’t play much on Sunday.

Frankly, Murray hasn’t looked explosive all season.

The New York Giants placed long snapper Zak DeOssie and tight end Larry Donnell on injured reserve, signed free agent long snapper Danny Aiken and promoted cornerback Tramain Jacobs from the practice squad on Tuesday. They also would have to absorb criticism of Kelly’s first big free-agency whiff.

Its been more than 48 hours since the Philadelphia Eagles went into Gillette Stadium and SHOCKED THE WORLD! When he found it, McCoy made spectacular runs.

Murray, according to Shurmur, helped the Eagles beat the Pats.

“It’s as big a linebacker crew as you’re going to face, so sometimes those smaller, quicker guys can cause some problems in the matchup”. The coach added that Murray talked to him before reaching out to Lurie.

“We have a group of running backs that we feel good about putting in the game all the time…”

Well, snaps do not equal carries, and the course of the season is not necessarily the issue. I didn’t know what exactly it was going to be like tonight with the shoulder. “It’s not that big a deal to us who is in there right now”. And Murray, who had been averaging about 16 carries a game, had just eight for 24 yards.

The Eagles upset the New England Patriots 35-28 on Sunday afternoon, but Murray was apparently demoted prior to the game.

Still, it was Barner who was the one on the field in that crucial situation, not Murray.

The Eagles, ahead by a touchdown, got the ball back with 2 minutes, 59 seconds to play.

That didn’t sound like a commitment to getting Murray more footballs. Other running backs Darren Sproles and Kenjon Barner had 11 and nine carries, respectively.

Bridgewater was pretty sure he knew why Irvin was talking during and after the game, and even hinted that it may be because Bridgewater and his Louisville Cardinals got one over Irvin and his West Virginia Mountaineers. It was one of two interceptions that Tom Brady would throw. Murray gets tackled for losses several times a game.