Cowboys rookie running back Jaydon Blue heard the pre-training camp criticism of his work ethic and turned it into motivation. This week, he's taken reps with Dak Prescott and the first-team offense.

Blue is at least giving first-year Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer an unexpected dilemma with his two-deep on offense ahead of the regular season. Blue's competing with Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders and Deuce Vaughn for essentially one of two roles within the Dallas scheme — lead back or a dependable second weapon.

Jaydon Blue is using the 'fake story' claiming Dallas Cowboys coaches were concerned about his work ethic as motivation for the upcoming NFL season.