i guess you and i see Zeke differently.
Backs with just " adequate " speed don't post 83 yard and 72 yard TD screens, you don't see 60 yard TD runs as we saw him make in 2016 as a rookie.
what made zeke special enough to make him the 4th overall pick in 2016, was his combination of size, power, one cut vision, receiving skills and breakaway home run speed, plus he is a heckuva blitz-blocker.
- NFL.com had him compared to Edgrin James so i'm guessing that's where you're James to Zeke
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/ezekiel-elliott/3219454c-4c28-9284-cdcc-74694c8d1749
i don't expect zeke to have barkley like elusiveness, he won't make a number of defenders miss and whiff in the open field as a Barkley does. And that's both runner and receiver.
Like an Adrian Peterson, he's a one cut runner . He gets a deep hand off , he feels for hole and opening, make that one cut accordingly and boom he's gone to the house. ..
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That's what a Peterson did,, that's also what kind of ball barrier zeke is. Also several defensive players have
said how zeke punishes you and wears you down as a ball carrier. He's an angry runner who takes on tacklers
and has such powerful, hard churning load that he is always moving forward.
And underrated is his terrific knack and competitiveness for the goal line end zone.
But
this zeke version does not have that splash run speed that he came in with at 2016, and we have to get that back.plus better scheme design for him with deep hand offs from center vs these RPO draw plays we went way too much, imo.