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When running back Alfred Morris signed with the Cowboys as a free agent, it looked like the move to Dallas would provide him with a good chance to bounce back from a down season in 2015.

He’d be running behind a strong offensive line and with a passing game that keeps defenses from loading up on the run, which seemed to bode well for him as long as he could earn more time than Darren McFadden and Lance Dunbar. Morris’ quest for playing time got a bit more difficult last Thursday, however.

That’s when the Cowboys made Ezekiel Elliott the fourth overall pick and added a big new piece to their backfield. Morris said he has no regrets about signing with Dallas in light of Elliott’s arrival, although he does know that the rookie’s arrival will likely mean someone else will have to depart.

“I’m used to it,” Morris said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “It’s a business at the end of the day. Competition only makes us better, so I get excited about it. It’s definitely going to be a big challenge, but I’m excited. Looking forward to it. The only sad part, the downside to it, is that one of us guys is going to be gone.”

Morris is guaranteed $800,000 after signing a two-year deal that included a $1 million signing bonus, so there’s some financial incentive to keep him on the roster to team with Elliott. That incentive might not be enough if Morris can’t outplay the other veterans in the coming months, of course, but that might have been the case even if the Cowboys had added a different rookie to the depth chart.