The Dallas Cowboys running back room looms as the biggest watch in Oxnard when training camp gets underway.

Miles Sanders, Javonte Williams, Jaydon Blue, and Deuce Vaughn will all be vying for snaps in Brian Schottenheimer’s offense, in what is a far cry from the options this time last season when it was just Ezekiel Elliott and Rico Dowdle.

Through OTAs and minicamp, it has been Sanders who has been flashing, and if a game were to be played today, he looms as the starter.

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But as we know, this is the underwear Olympics, so take everything with a grain of salt until the roads come on in Oxnard.

For ESPN’s Mike Clay, in his 2025 projections, he has Williams as the starter, posting 803 yards and seven touchdowns, with Blue second (398 yards, two touchdowns), Sanders (272 yards, two touchdowns), and Vaughn not in the rotation.

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So Williams is the lead back, and by some distance, with his 203 attempts and Blue’s 93, showing how much Clay expects Dallas to lean on the former Denver Bronco.

Yes, we get it, this is a projection, and once training camp begins, the pecking order will properly sort itself out. But Williams and Sanders feel like the top two as we turn for Oxnard.

Granted, that doesn’t mean it can’t change, and with Blue and Phil Mafah, along with Deuce, there are options for Schottenheimer to cycle through the rotation.

Would it be the end of the world if Dallas enters Week 1 with Williams as the starter and Blue as his backup?

That is quite the conversation starter.