The Dallas Cowboys officially named Rico Dowdle as RB1 entering Week 11 and he shared his reaction to the long-overdue news.

Looking for an infusion of energy, Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said Thursday the team will move forward with Rico Dowdle as the lead running back over Ezekiel Elliott.

The Dallas Cowboys’ running back-by-committee experiment is dead. The time of death, officially, was around 11:24 a.m. on Thursday when head coach Mike McCarthy declared that Rico Dowdle is the team’s bell cow.

A look at who was able to participate in practice on Thursday, ahead of Cowboys-Texans, and to what degree. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The Dallas Cowboys began game week Thursday for their upcoming Monday night matchup against the Houston Texans. The first injury report of the week for America's Team doesn't inspire a ton of confidence in the Cowboys' ability to snap their four-game losing streak this week.

The Houston Texans are coming off a heartbreaking last-second loss to the Detroit Lions. They have now lost two straight games and are hitting the road to take on the Dallas Cowboys in the Battle of Texas.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) talks with TV analyst troy Aikman before the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Carolina Panthers NFL football game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday,

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will miss the rest of the season. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President elect-Trump “and his transition team are already breaking” a law on presidential transition.