Point-of-the-Star
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Zeke in my opinion, is without a doubt the team's best player. Highly productive, highly durable (never missed a game due to an injury). Opposing teams game plan to shut him down.
Last year was the first season, he legitimately lost the rushing title, finishing with over 1,300 yards and 12 td's. Many will argue his holdout affected his play early on, no matter, it will fuel his motivation for this upcoming season.
Zeke is the most balance RB in the entire league, he doesn't have a weakness on the field, but he has been vastly underused as a receiver by the former coaching staff. We have seen what he can do in space and he is deadly on screens passes. MM and is WCO will incorporate Zeke far more in the team's passing game. We are going to finally see the Zeke Elliot at his full potential. He has a LaDanian Tomlinson type of ceiling as an all-around back. The return of the zbs and a new RB coach who oversaw Gurley's success in it, will only help Zeke get better. In my opinion, he is going to have a monster season!!
This is very good stuff and no argument from me. I think Zeke has been used mostly as a safety valve for for Dak in the passing game. He most certainly is underutilized in the real passing game. He needs more drag routes and seam routes similar to what a good TE would get. He has really good hands.
My only concern is it seems that he has lost some of the speed and explosion he had in his rookie year. This is causing him to get pounded more by bigger bodies. I hope there can be more design plays to spring him. The Garrett offense was so plain jane with interior runs and sweeps. I think some of the pressure will be off him if Lamb starts the season hot and Jarwin has a couple of big games. (yeah, that's a big wish list). Less focus on Zeke, more crafty run play designs/calls = possible monster year. My fingers are crossed on all this.
Go Cowboys !!!!!!
disclaimer: I wrote this after reading the OP and have now gone back and read other's posts. Sorry for the redundancy but it seems we all have seen similar issues. Also, if Zeke's attitude is right we could see a step up in his game. He has got to be that 2016 Zeke.
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