Zeke Apology Thread

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Things I've said in the past few seasons:

-Zeke is one cupcake away from being a fullback
-Explosion is gone
-Can't make dudes miss at the 2nd level
-All that mileage caught up to him
-This is why you don't pay RB's

But rookie Zeke is BACK. The initial burst, the explosion. It's there again. And I'm surprised as hell, because when RB's rack up the mileage and the burst starts to fade....it's usually downhill from there, but Zeke took this off-season seriously.

And something I've always given him credit for, but even more so now with all the injuries around the league (McCaffrey, Barkley, Mostert, Mack, etc..)

Dude is durable as hell. He's a tank.

Oh and he does this:



Sorry Zeke. Dude's worth every penny.
 
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Blocks better than most TE's and catches better than most of them also.

That's why I want to see more 2 RB sets.

Especially this week.

I think we were going to try and get that going and thus why we were trying to establish Pollard early.

But the 1st quarter and all those turnovers had to change that strategy.
 
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JBell said:
Things I've said in the past few seasons:

-Zeke is one cupcake away from being a fullback
-Explosion is gone
-Can't make dudes miss at the 2nd level
-All that mileage caught up to him
-This is why you don't pay RB's

But rookie Zeke is BACK. The initial burst, the explosion. It's there again. And I'm surprised as hell, because when RB's rack up the mileage and the burst starts to fade....it's usually downhill from there, but Zeke took this off-season seriously.

And something I've always given him credit for, but even more so now with all the injuries around the league (McCaffrey, Barkley, Mostert, Mack, etc..)

Dude is durable as hell. He's a tank.

Oh and he does this:



Sorry Zeke. Dude's worth every penny.
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Preach, bro. Best back in the game. He does all of it. I'd take him all day every day over any back in the league. Not homerism. I wanted Wentz or Zeke in the first round. Glad we came out with the guy that comes in, plays hard, and doesn't bend.
 
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I think Zeke has greater potential he may not be living up to due to off field antics. I think he is great but can be greater.
 
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Believe he also dealt with having COVID during the off-season if I remember correctly
 
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With top 10, especially top 5 picks, teams are aiming to draft All-Pro, perennial Pro Bowl, potential HOF type players that will be with the franchise for many, many years.

Dallas hit a homerun with the number 4 pick in the 2016 Draft!!! People like to say don't draft a RB that high or don't draft a Guard in the 1st round because those positions can be filled easily in later rounds. Well...Dallas committed both of those sins with Zeke and Zach Martin. Both are off to HOF type careers. Glad they went with special talent over position with both of them.

Zeke is a bad man!!! Special player since H.S. and has been all world on every level he has ever played on.
 
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JBell said:
Things I've said in the past few seasons:

-Zeke is one cupcake away from being a fullback
-Explosion is gone
-Can't make dudes miss at the 2nd level
-All that mileage caught up to him
-This is why you don't pay RB's

But rookie Zeke is BACK. The initial burst, the explosion. It's there again. And I'm surprised as hell, because when RB's rack up the mileage and the burst starts to fade....it's usually downhill from there, but Zeke took this off-season seriously.

And something I've always given him credit for, but even more so now with all the injuries around the league (McCaffrey, Barkley, Mostert, Mack, etc..)

Dude is durable as hell. He's a tank.

Oh and he does this:



Sorry Zeke. Dude's worth every penny.
Click to expand...

When he came out of college everyone (draft analyst and yours truly) said he was the most complete back since Emmitt Smith as a runner, receiver, and blocker. He is not elusive as Smith, not as fast as Eric the Great, not as sweet as Sweetness, not as dominate as Jim but has that contact surge forward that Smith, Brown, Payton, and Dickerson had on the football field. In the second half that contact surge leads to +20 yard runs.

You have to want to block. Smith and Payton had the want to and the skills to block. Jim Brown did not want to block. Elliott has the want to and the how to as a runner, receiver, and blocker. It is very hard to get rid of an all around RB (see Frank Gore and Adrian Peterson). You can always use that type of RB in an offense.

I hope he is getting those massages after games that Emmitt did to prolong his career (he rushed for +900 yds, 9 TDs his last season). He will need it after the Seahawks game which I predict he is going to rush for way over 100 yards (if the Big M&M and Boy Genius give him the ball).
 
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