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THIS!!!I wholeheartedly admire Zeke’s toughness, but question a coaching staff that continued riding the clearly injured back in lieu of his explosive backup who outperformed him.
THIS!!!I wholeheartedly admire Zeke’s toughness, but question a coaching staff that continued riding the clearly injured back in lieu of his explosive backup who outperformed him.
So injured again and Pollard still only got 4 touches. Got it.
I appreciate his toughness but he was cooked long before this. And how he gets double digit touches in that game (and that doens't include the ineptness in the passing game) and Pollard gets like 5 or 6 is beyond ridiculous. That falls on Moore and the RB coach.
I have no idea how Pollard was playing with that injury, but you couldn't really tell he was injured. You could definitely tell Zeke was injured. Either way, I'm agreeing with other posters. This is on the coaching staff.Pollard has a torn plantar fascia. My guess is he’s in worse condition than Zeke
I suspected this. I also knew the unwritten rules of someone with his paycheck is to "suck it up"
That is how Jerry operates. He did not appreciate "losing" to Zeke during negotiations. Jerry was definitely embarrassed by this and was not going to rest until he "got his revenge". I guarantee you when Jerry gave Zeke that money he told him "I don't want to hear anything about you being hurt"!! So many players missed games this year because they were hurt...and the Cowboys should have rested Zeke a couple of weeks and got someone else ready to play. It would have played dividends later in the year. Handing the ball off to him most of the time....was simply a give up play. Why must fans suffered through millionaires and billionaires playing these type of mind games?
Jerry will tell you exactly how he thinks....you just have to pay attention. I have so many friends who don't believe Jerry would "force" something like this. But that is because they are not REALLY paying attention. Did Jerry drag Zeke on the field? No! But he made it clear he EXPECTS Zeke to suck it up. So even if the coaches wanted to bench him...Jerry was not going to allow itThis exactly................remember Jerry saying on the radio a while back that he looked forward to Zeke handling the load in the playoffs.
They knew he had a torn PCL and kept trotting him out there because he got paid. Didnt matter that Zeke tore up his knee, he got paid and Jerry said "play him".
Jerry was more concerned over getting something for the money he paid then what was actually best for the team.
On the coaches. Pay attention people. Pay attention. Jerry said "I EXPECT Zeke to carry the load" The coaches were not going to be ALLOWED to bench him. Jerry tells you exactly how his mind works...you just have to pay attentionZeke situation is on the coaches. Big Mike/Kellen/Skip Pete job is to put the best player on field. Their saying a Zeke running around on a PCL injury is better than a healthier Pollard and 100% Clement. The staff didn't put the team first imho.
I have no idea how Pollard was playing with that injury, but you couldn't really tell he was injured. You could definitely tell Zeke was injured. Either way, I'm agreeing with other posters. This is on the coaching staff.
The reason we feel such vitriol towards our highly paid stars is that it felt like they held the franchise hostage until we paid them and then haven't perform up to their contracts. I guess we could also argue that it is management's fault for handing out said contracts.
Dak - looked like he was earning every penny of his contract until his calf injury...then something flipped inside him mentally. The latter part of the season, he has not been playing like a 40 million dollar QB, but let's not forget that we thought he had a shot at league MVP at the beginning of the season; such a strange dichotomy.
Zeke - 100% has not lived up to his contract. He wasn't horrible at the beginning of the season, but not worth his contract.
DLaw - yah...right bro.
Cooper - Dak/Moore might have more to do with this than Cooper, but what the heck happened here? One of the best route runners I've ever seen, but we can't get him the ball in crunch time? Whose fault is that?