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When it comes to free agent running backs, it’s safe to say that the Dallas Cowboys have already struck out.

Yet another one of their rumored targets came off the board on Thursday as A.J. Dillon agreed to return to the Green Bay Packers on a one-year deal, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.

Dillon, 25, had been mentioned as a potential target for the Cowboys in recent days, but alas, it was not meant to be. Most assumed Dillon would leave Green Bay this offseason, just as his running mate Aaron Jones did earlier in the week. However, he and the team were able to come to an agreement to stick around, forming a potent running back tandem with newcomer Josh Jacobs.

As for the Cowboys, it’s yet another running back they’ve missed out on. Other such running backs include Jones (Vikings), Derrick Henry (Ravens), Saquon Barkley (Eagles), Joe Mixon (Texans) and Zach Moss (Bengals).

With the only running backs currently under contract being Deuce Vaughn, Malik Davis and Snoop Conner (not counting fullback Hunter Luepke), many Cowboys fans are up in arms over the team’s lack of action at the position. Not helping to calm fans’ nerves are reports of the Cowboys not even calling Henry, who had interest in coming to Dallas, and that Moss’ $4 million per year price tag was too steep for the Cowboys brass.

Dillon has spent his entire career with the Packers, racking up 2,428 yards and 16 touchdowns in four seasons. As he returns to Green Bay once again, Dallas’ options at running back are getting thinner and thinner.

The Green Cove Packers were supposed to go through a conceivably excruciating reconstructing process when they exchanged future Lobby of Distinction quarterback Aaron Rodgers last April.

Be that as it may, after a few starting battles in the 2023 season, they won six of their last eight normal season games and afterward resentful the Dallas Cowpokes in the trump card round of the end of the season games, and in this manner what’s to come is splendid for them.

While they lost Aaron Jones in free office, they scored a major win on Thursday when, per Jordan Schultz, AJ Dillon consented to another agreement to stay with the Packers.