Jaydon Blue: I didn't start off like I should have, I'm ready to go now

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Running back Jaydon Blue had a hard time getting on the field during his rookie season with the Cowboys. Blue did not make his regular season debut until Week 5 and only appeared in five games over the course of the season. He finished the year with 38 carries for 129 yards and a touchdown after being drafted in the fifth round out of Texas. Blue's work habits were questioned last summer and he suggested that he's learned from that experience while discussing his preparation for Year 2 earlier this month. "I didn’t start off like I should have,” Blue said, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “Maybe if it was not practicing the right way or just on a maturity level, I think I wasn’t really there. But just learning from all the vets, having the offseason that I’ve had, I think I’m ready to go. Just looking back on the things I didn’t do too well and some of the reasons I wasn’t on the field last year, taking the stuff my coaches were saying and making sure I apply them, whether that’s this offseason or when I’m by myself.” Head coach Brian Schottenheimer said he was "very honest" with Blue about why he was inactive so often last season and that the running back "came back with a different look" this spring. That should help his bid to earn more time behind Javonte Williams, but there will be more work to do on that front when the Cowboys kick off camp this summer.