Tony Pollard Might Surprise

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I just hope Pollard can pick up the blitz or this season could end up being a train wreck if Dak is injured.
 

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I think Morris and Pollard get equal carries. Pollard has never carried the load before.....

I think that is what Dallas hopes Giants are banking on to. Translation look for 25 carries by Pollard.
 
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I think its unrealistic to believe he can fill Zekes shoes week 1. If we sit back and remember, Zeke himself struggled the first couple games of his own career and hes a far better runner than Pollard.
 

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It shouldnt be hard to run the ball behind this oline. Lots of other teams can run the ball with scrubs at RB. Phillip Lindsay is not very good but he was top 10 in rushing with absolute crap around him. Chris Carson is not very good, yet he was top 5 in rushing last year. Some guy named matt breida averaged 5.2 yards per carry last yr. Its not hard to run the football especially when you have multiple all pros on your oline and a competent passing game to keep teams from loading the box.
 

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Can't believe so man "fans" are down on Pollard. Instead of *****ing get behind him, he's the man right now.

Will he be good? Only time will tell, but I don't think he'll be a flop. We are OK for the first three weeks.

For the most part fans have been over the top enthusiastic about Pollard, around here at least.
 

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It shouldnt be hard to run the ball behind this oline. Lots of other teams can run the ball with scrubs at RB. Phillip Lindsay is not very good but he was top 10 in rushing with absolute crap around him. Chris Carson is not very good, yet he was top 5 in rushing last year. Some guy named matt breida averaged 5.2 yards per carry last yr. Its not hard to run the football especially when you have multiple all pros on your oline and a competent passing game to keep teams from loading the box.

Lindsays yards after contact where awful as well. His oline did most the work, although his vision and burst I am sure played a big role as well. BUT yes point taken, this oline will make many a running back look good.
 

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If he can handle 20 carries a game, I think this guy may make a lot of fans forget about Ezekiel Elliott.

I agree with a piece I read earlier.

Zeke should have been happy as the second-highest paid back in the NFL.

He handled this wrong.

I gotta hand it to Jerry for cutting off negotiations and not getting hosed by a guy who can't handle himself in public anyway.

As others have pointed out, we have other players to get signed like Amari Cooper.

Zeke has to let other players eat, too.

Just having the star on your helmet is money in the bank, if you play it right. Zeke goofed on this one. Now he loses money.

In any case, I see Pollard having a good start. 6.8 YPC in college is nothing to shake a stick at.

And Alfred Morris is no slouch either.

So, we may be just fine without Zeke anyway.

You came to this conclusion all of the sudden. On your own?
Yes,Pollard might surprise.
Ring it out, passtorun!!
 

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It shouldnt be hard to run the ball behind this oline. Lots of other teams can run the ball with scrubs at RB. Phillip Lindsay is not very good but he was top 10 in rushing with absolute crap around him. Chris Carson is not very good, yet he was top 5 in rushing last year. Some guy named matt breida averaged 5.2 yards per carry last yr. Its not hard to run the football especially when you have multiple all pros on your oline and a competent passing game to keep teams from loading the box.

People don’t understand this.

Yes Zeke is great but the RB position will get production from just about anyone that gets the volume.

If Tony Pollard got 300 carries this year he would most likely be a top 3 rusher.
 

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People don’t understand this.

Yes Zeke is great but the RB position will get production from just about anyone that gets the volume.

If Tony Pollard got 300 carries this year he would most likely be a top 3 rusher.

I don't disagree with that notion, but I distinctly recall sitting through the Darren McFadden season in disbelief over what became of our run game. Yes, there were some volume stats by season's end, but at no point did it feel like our ground game dictated anything. We got yards because we ran a lot, not because we imposed anything on anyone. They were inconsequential.

That stands in stark contract, in my opinion, with how our offense has looked with prime Murray and Zeke.

Let me frame it from a different angle. We are constantly hearing how this running game hides Dak's inefficiencies. That he hides behind it. Our run game did nothing to help any QB in 2015.
 

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Jones has tolerated it. Time to pay up on a player that really might matter.
Time to pay up? No it's not time...he's got TWO whole years left on his deal...

I think this situation would be completely different if this was next season, but its not and Zeke's a knucklehead who thinks he shouldn't have to wait for his turn.
 

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People don’t understand this.

Yes Zeke is great but the RB position will get production from just about anyone that gets the volume.

If Tony Pollard got 300 carries this year he would most likely be a top 3 rusher.

Wanted to add one final thought on the volume aspect.

As our lead rusher in 2015, Darren McFadden was held to 3.2 yards per carry or less 7 times in 16 games.

Zeke, in three seasons as our lead rusher, has been held to 3.2 yards per carry or less 4 times in 40 games.

The end result of McFadden's volume was quite nice: 1,080 yards and a 4.6 average. But it was a rollercoaster ride to get there. I'd argue that the reason a player like Zeke is more capable of carrying the mantel of a run-heavy offense is because of his week-to-week consistency, which is hard to come by no matter what volume we're talking about.
 

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If he can handle 20 carries a game, I think this guy may make a lot of fans forget about Ezekiel Elliott.

I agree with a piece I read earlier.

Zeke should have been happy as the second-highest paid back in the NFL.

He handled this wrong.

I gotta hand it to Jerry for cutting off negotiations and not getting hosed by a guy who can't handle himself in public anyway.

As others have pointed out, we have other players to get signed like Amari Cooper.

Zeke has to let other players eat, too.

Just having the star on your helmet is money in the bank, if you play it right. Zeke goofed on this one. Now he loses money.

In any case, I see Pollard having a good start. 6.8 YPC in college is nothing to shake a stick at.

And Alfred Morris is no slouch either.

So, we may be just fine without Zeke anyway.

Zeke has been an embarrassment to himself, His family, OSU, And the Dallas Cowboys as far as money is concerned. How much $$$ has he left on the table? Tens or hundreds of millions? He made the decision to be a bad judgement type of guy. When he did that he gave up in what could have been a brand as big as any in the NFL. He either surrounded his self with horrible people who led him astray. Or he just didn’t care. The NFL’s rusher, playing for the Dallas freaking Cowboys and he can’t get an endorsement from
Even a used car lot or a Low T supplement company. He should have owned the endorsement market. Now, he’s trying to recoup some of what he will never get from advertisers, from the hide of Jerry Jones. Another bad judgement call.
 
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