CowboyRoy
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To be fair...he's had some issues. What player was hounded by GODell? He should have never received a suspension, let alone SIX freaking games and you know it. The holdout? I have no excuse for it. Coming in not prepared? I have no excuse for that.
This "number of carries" thing you use as your whole basis...is BS. Of COURSE he needs carries. That's the way a good running game works. You beat them and pound them into submission. Zeke has always worked this way....he may have 45 yards in the first half....but 145 at the end of the game. That's how a good big RB works. 2016 TEAM success is PROOF!
Let's look at Emmitt's "number of carries":
91 - 365
92 - 373
94 - 368
95 - 377
96 - 327
98 - 319
99 - 329
Zeke:
16 - 322
17 - 242
18 - 304
19 - 301
Hmmm...is Emmitt a great back? Because of number of carries? Of course he is. So is Zeke. I've told you this before, and I know I can't convince you of anything, but I can at last show other people how ridiculous your notion is. There certainly could be some OTHER reason for you to hate him...but not this.
Emmitt is similar in that way. But Emmitt was a leader, didn't get suspended, and Emmitt was the heart and soul of that team. There were times were Emmitt simply couldn't be stopped and dominated in the biggest games.
We leaned on Emmitt to win games. Was at his best in the 4th Quarter. Games lately where we lean on Zeke, we lose and get down big early. And he rarely makes the big plays. Put in a guy like Pollard and he starts popping off big plays. Zeke can barely run for over 15 yards.