The Dallas Cowboys should head into the 2016 NFL season with one objective. No, not to win. Well, yes, to win, but also to feed recently-acquired running back Alfred Morris like he's the giant plant from "Little Shop of Horrors." Because Morris is very much like that plant - the more carries he gets, the bigger, badder, and better he is. Meaning that if the Cowboys use him correctly, Morris can be the kind of back to lift your fantasy football team from the basement to the top of the standings.
Morris, 27, saw his carries drop season after season in Washington, despite the fact that he put together an impressive rookie year that amounted to 335 totes for 1,613 yards, and 13 touchdowns.
Since then though, WashTeam gave Morris consistently fewer touches, with his carries dropping from 276 to 265 to a career-low 202 in 2015. Unsurprisingly, Morris' production then plummeted, falling from 1,275 yards to 1,074 yards to, again, a career-low 751 yards in 2015.
With the arrival of Jay Gruden and the West Coast offense in 2014, and Matt Jones' drafting in 2015, Morris' future in Washington was all-but doomed.
But he's ready for a career revival in Dallas the likes of which haven't been seen in some time.
Everyone in Dallas surely remembers 2014 - the year that big, steady back DeMarco Murray pounded his way to a league-leading 1,845 yards behind the vaunted Cowboys offensive line.
Morris, a similar guy in terms of size and style, could be set for the same type of season. Of course, the Cowboys probably won't hand the ball to Morris 392 times the way they did with Murray, but it certainly wouldn't be surprising to see Morris eclipse the 300-carry mark.
With only Darren McFadden and Lance Dunbar behind him on the depth chart, there's really little reason for the Cowboys to go away from placing the ball squarely in Morris' gut time and again, especially with 35-year-old quarterback Tony Romo coming off a serious injury and surgical procedure.
Morris won't "wow" anyone with long gainers, but he's the perfect one-cut-and-go ballcarrier who, behind the likes of Tyron Smith, Zack Martin, Travis Frederick and La'el Collins, can put together a 1,000-yard, 8-touchdown season, and, in the process, power your fantasy team to the playoffs.
