Identifying what Zeke currently “is” and possible contract

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I have a hard time quantifying what Zeke currently “is”. He’s no longer a dominant back, for sure. He’s not worth his cap hit. He is considered washed up by many.

Today I saw that Samaje Perine signed a two year deal for around 7.5 m total. Zeke seems to have lost his burst. But is Zeke without the burst roughly equivalent to Samaje Perine? That seems to be a reasonable comparison to me.

Any thoughts on this comparison and/or what Zeke’s value might be if he becomes a free agent?
 

conner01

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I’d just move on
Jerry probably wont
Realistically I don’t know if a team would offer him much over vet min
 

Silverz1972

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Trade him to bengals for a third. Bengals are desperate for rb and he would be a good fit there.
 

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I have a hard time quantifying what Zeke currently “is”. He’s no longer a dominant back, for sure. He’s not worth his cap hit. He is considered washed up by many.

Today I saw that Samaje Perine signed a two year deal for around 7.5 m total. Zeke seems to have lost his burst. But is Zeke without the burst roughly equivalent to Samaje Perine? That seems to be a reasonable comparison to me.

Any thoughts on this comparison and/or what Zeke’s value might be if he becomes a free agent?
Zeke scored 24 tds over the last 2 years, Perine scored 8. Its not apples to apples in production and other teams would value that and name recognition. Realistically, his contract value is probably around James Conner of 7 million a season. Whether if one thinks his current skill is 3.5 million better than Perine's is another argument.
 

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I have a hard time quantifying what Zeke currently “is”. He’s no longer a dominant back, for sure. He’s not worth his cap hit. He is considered washed up by many.

Today I saw that Samaje Perine signed a two year deal for around 7.5 m total. Zeke seems to have lost his burst. But is Zeke without the burst roughly equivalent to Samaje Perine? That seems to be a reasonable comparison to me.

Any thoughts on this comparison and/or what Zeke’s value might be if he becomes a free agent?
The #1 problem with Zeke in Dallas is that Jerry will want him to either be featured or a split.

He is a back that should get 5 or 6 touches a game in short yardage situations and thats it. 1.5 to 2 millon per year tops.
 

CowboyRoy

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Zeke scored 24 tds over the last 2 years, Perine scored 8. Its not apples to apples in production and other teams would value that and name recognition. Realistically, his contract value is probably around James Conner of 7 million a season. Whether if one thinks his current skill is 3.5 million better than Perine's is another argument.
Probably 50 RB's in the NFL and another 50 in college that could have scored 24 TD's from inside the 5 given the number of carries Zeke got. They might have scored more.

James Conner blows away Zeke when it comes to skill.

Perine is a better back. Zeke is near useless.
 

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Probably 50 RB's in the NFL and another 50 in college that could have scored 24 TD's from inside the 5 given the number of carries Zeke got. They might have scored more.

James Conner blows away Zeke when it comes to skill.

Perine is a better back. Zeke is near useless.
Scoring 12 tds in an NFL season isn't the cake walk that it seems. Not saying I think Zeke is worth 7 million, but if you look at the market that is likely the range.
 

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I have a hard time quantifying what Zeke currently “is”. He’s no longer a dominant back, for sure. He’s not worth his cap hit. He is considered washed up by many.

Today I saw that Samaje Perine signed a two year deal for around 7.5 m total. Zeke seems to have lost his burst. But is Zeke without the burst roughly equivalent to Samaje Perine? That seems to be a reasonable comparison to me.

Any thoughts on this comparison and/or what Zeke’s value might be if he becomes a free agent?
He'd be a very good short yardage fullback,a Robert Newhouse type...that's his ceiling now,imo
 

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Let's put him in on 3rd and short make it easy for the defense to know what's about to happen
 
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