Has Zeke lost some of his speed?

[T-RO]

There are two questions getting merged into one here.
Has Zeke lost a tick of speed? Sure
Has he had a run this season that any NFL back might have taken to the house? No

Long TD runs are few and far between. Even Saquon's run against us...ended up w/him tackled at 20.

Zeke's lack of elite speed isn't a huge issue for our offense.

 

[Risen Star]

Stop embarrassing yourself.

Why does he hate so much, bro?!

 

[Aviano90]

Maybe one of these games he will break a long TD run and prove he hasn’t lost any speed. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen it.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I watch the games. I don't read stats.

Lol, stats reflect what occurs on the field of the game you’re watching.

Thanks for playing.

Next.

 

[Texas_Pete]

all i see now is an ewok.
thx to this forum.

A fat fast ewok. With a big head

 

[Melonfeud]

Y'all revisit that late in the game T.D. run he'd turned out in that 2016 Steelers match up,,, Cat had that head held up & shoulders throwed back,all square& powerfully broad like,with a perceptible concave flex in his lower lumbar spine as he toted that ball to paydirt like he was a landborn exocet missiled Rocket Man,,, hell's afire, there isn't a flicker fire from that ol' 2016 flame, and there'd be even less would've he'd pulled his strongarm extortionist's ploy in 2020

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Coming out both him and Saquon ran in the 4.4 range, its pretty obvious one has lost a step.

 

[Melonfeud]

Maybe one of these games he will break a long TD run and prove he hasn’t lost any speed. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen it.

He can't/won't be able to out strip the
d.b.'s in any distance prolly past 39.5 yards

 

[Cowboys_22]

He’ll lose his Cabo weight and get faster as the season wears on

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Coming out both him and Saquon ran in the 4.4 range, its pretty obvious one has lost a step.

Barkley ran a 4.40 at 233 lbs

Zeke ran a 4.47 at 225 lbs

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Zeke’s longest rush In the past 582 regular season carries, spanning parts of the past three seasons, is 41 yards.

 

[DallasDomination]

Zeke used to hit the holes at 100mph that's why he looked more explosive.

Now I see a guy that takes his time to maneuver through the right lanes and keep the chains moving instead of looking for the homerun every run.

 

[Melonfeud]

He's got too much front end down force.

I can COPY on that! As you've so succinctly discribed the characteristical casing-liner of which yer' clearly pointed out,bro

 

[Melonfeud]

Saw this posted today not sure it means much for this discussion.

Those numbers don't appear to have a whole lot of prying/ chiselin' room available to kick-on ,huh?

 

[Zeke-2K-Yards]

Barkley is ok speed wise but more quick. Darrell Green was the only person catching TD back in the day and he was a track star who I still remember on TV running the 200 Meters at Texas AM&I. So I can understand that but know one else is catching him in the open field.

Yep, I’m way more impressed with his ability to break tackles than his downfield speed. Heck Darrell Green in his early 40s was still probably running a 4.4, that’s why I always laugh when I hear that the players of today are bigger stronger and faster than the 80s and 90s. Overall, yes, but where are Deion’s and Barry Sanders, Bo Jackson’s, Randy Moss, TO’s. I’m not really seeing the transcendent athletes today, that I saw back then

 

[DandyDon52]

I will say the man earns his money and is a stud RB but I cant help but think he was faster in his rookie year. I just dont see zeke breaking alot of those long runs like he did his rookie year.

Yeah he has, it was obvious in 17 and 18, but it is too late to worry about that now. He is the main RB for the next 5 years for the cowboys no matter what
he is.

 

[DandyDon52]

He does look like he's put on a pound or 2

that is from working out hard in cabo !

 

[buybuydandavis]

I will say the man earns his money and is a stud RB but I cant help but think he was faster in his rookie year. I just dont see zeke breaking alot of those long runs like he did his rookie year.

Anyone got NextGenStats of Zeke's speed over the seasons?

But I do agree. By my eyeball, Zeke looks slower and less explosive.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Again with this most ridiculous thread.

The upside is one day someone will post this and the answer will be yes.

Keep posting. A fact is just years away.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

No RB in the league faces more stacked boxed than Zeke.

This isn't even remotely true.