As are you. Don't see how being a thumper makes you an elite RB. There are guys who specialize in short yardage situations making wayyyy less.
So we have to have short yardage specialist, because Pollard is too small to do that. We need Pollard to do the quick runs, because Zeke isn't good at that. We need somebody to block, because Pollard is too small to do that. And we need backups for all three of those in case your specialist gets hurt.
So you're saying we can have 6 running backs and all together we can pay out less than Zeke gets.
You people don't get it - Zeke is a complete running back. Those are NOT a "dime a dozen". You really think that if Zeke wasn't taken by the Cowboys at the 4th spot he'd have still been there in the second round or such? So other teams would be just as "stupid"? I guess the Rams were stupid for getting Marshall Faulk at $6 million way back in the mid 2000's, gee you'd think they would have won a SB doing that. Oh wait, they did. I guess the Cowboys were stupid for caving to Emmitt in 1993, you'd think they'd have won a SB if they did that. Oh wait, they won 2 more.
And don't give me the "it was a different era". The Saints are paying Kamara $15 million a year, the Panthers McCaffery $16 mil, the Texans are paying Johnson $13 million. For running backs. Gee, didn't know there were so many stupid teams around.
The league changes, before Emmitt no team had the regular season rushing champion until Emmitt did it. Everybody just knew that the Bill's hurry up pass happy offense was the way to go. How many SBs did they win? Defenses adjust to the offense, and vice versa. We complain about how poorly JJ runs the team, but maybe he's ahead of the curve? Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then.
So quit with the "anybody can run the ball", sounds like Jerry's "any one of 500 coaches can win with this team", after Jimmy's players mostly left, how many SBs did those "500 coaches" win? Zero.
Zeke's not doing that well this year, for whatever reason, but he's too young and too good to just cast aside and pick up some scrub running back....