Twitter: SFY: Emmitt Smith saying Zeke should be the focal point of the Cowboys’ offense

[PAPPYDOG]

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Sequel Elliott SHOULD BE the focal point.
Sequel Elliott WON'T BE the focal point because he is over the hill.

 

[thunderpimp91]

He should be the focal point…..for 15-20 carries per game.

 

[rags747]

Zeke should be the focal point if you have a line that can open some holes!

 

[starfan1]

Ill take the running game being the focus not just zeke

 

[75boyz]

No big deal.

All ya gotta do is duplicate last year's first 6 or 7 game offense for a full 21 game season without ANY injuries and a firm commitment to the run game regardless of circumstance.

Oh yeah, and not have a Denver game.

Like I said, no big deal.

 

[Mr_437]

Ill take the running game being the focus not just zeke

 

[Ranching]

What does Emmitt know? Cowboyroy will school him, just like you'll school Roger Staubach on Dak

 

[big dog cowboy]

Ill take the running game being the focus not just zeke

 

[Hennessy_King]

Our run game is trash right now. I think it is a combo of o line play plus run design.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Ill take the running game being the focus not just zeke

Straight up fact.

Commit to having the right lineup on the line. Reduce the penalties. Design a run game and adapt to what the defense gives. Design plays for Pollard that fool the defense not just as an afterthought. Stay committed even if early on it doesn't look like it's "working".

And finally....I will dare to mention Zeke while quoting you....15-20 carries per game might sound like a lot...for such an old washed up RB. But that is less than 5 carries a qtr. We should be able to get zeke 5 carries a series!

The run game does not depend on Zeke. It depends on the commitment the cowboys make to it. What a dman shame to pay the guy so much money and then half-ax a run game. Ridiculous.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Our run game is trash right now. I think it is a combo of o line play plus run design.

Exactly.
We won;t see 2016 zeke again...let's face it. Very few RB's do EVER in their career. Get the oline heads on straight...show Moore how to run an NFC East run game. Zeke...and Tony...will be fine.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Exactly.
We won;t see 2016 zeke again...let's face it. Very few RB's do EVER in their career. Get the oline heads on straight...show Moore how to run an NFC East run game. Zeke...and Tony...will be fine.

They need to figure out how to be more efficient in the run game. Our runs on first down i believe last year were like 2 yards per carry. That aint gonna get it done

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

They need to figure out how to be more efficient in the run game. Our runs on first down i believe last year were like 2 yards per carry. That aint gonna get it done

2 yards...and a holding penalty.

 

[stilltheguru]

They need to figure out how to be more efficient in the run game. Our runs on first down i believe last year were like 2 yards per carry. That aint gonna get it done

Kellen Moore.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Kellen Moore.

I wanted another team to hire him as a coach so badly

 

[stilltheguru]

I wanted another team to hire him as a coach so badly

The fact that the nines can rotate backs nonstop and stl run the ball is cute. If we had Shanahan we don't lose round 1 last year. So again, why is Fat Garrett even here? SMH.

 

[75boyz]

The fact that the nines can rotate backs nonstop and stl run the ball is cute. If we had Shanahan we don't lose round 1 last year. So again, why is Fat Garrett even here? SMH.

Lol, I'd like an answer as well.

 

[zerofill]

Well... we have to remember in 2016 Zeke ran the ball 322 times.
Last 2 seasons he ran it under 250 times.
The last time he ran it over 300 times was in 2019 at 301 attempts, for 1,357 yards.

If he ran it 322 times this past season he would have been in second place.

When you think about it...Between Pollard and Zeke there was 1,721 yards.
But Pollard has out performed Zeke statistically.

Zeke messed up though... Zeke was basically looking for contact his first couple years.
The Barbarian did the same thing... You just can't run like that.

Adrian Peterson, Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Dickerson.... Those guys didn't run like that.
So they didn't decline like this... While those guys played in their prime when teams got away with
way more brutal hits.

Zeke though had a bum wheel most of last season. So he looks like he is in great shape this year.
Maybe he can get back into form, if the line can make any semblance of a hole.

With the way Pollard can shift gears, I would love to see him play in the slot a lot... Much like they utilized
Dunbar when he was healthy.

 

[Havic]

It begins with the O-line, it continues with run design, and ends with the RB executing the play.