Twitter: Zeke's declining yard average per year

stilltheguru · Apr 19, 2022

MountaineerCowboy said:
Zeke is washed.

Everyone knows it. He knows it. The coaches know it. Jerry knows it.

He is just another anchor on this team at this point and we should move on as quickly as possible. Oh, and NEVER draft another RB high!

B b b but what about bpa?

jay94 · Apr 19, 2022

Jfconrow said:
Just get a new RB in round 2 and leave it at that

Get a running back top 3 rounds next year, not this. There is no transition. No need to waste a potential starting player on your team.

VaqueroTD · Apr 19, 2022

baltcowboy said:
In defense of Zeke he was fine until he hurt his knee, Tyron went down and Collins returned to the lineup as the starting right tackle. Pollard in Zeke formed the number 1 rushing duo in the league for the first 7?games. I am concerned because Zeke lost his wiggle. We blame Jarwin and Schultz for those bad edge blocks but Zeke should have beaten the backup safety to the end zone against Tampa.

People do seem to forget that. Not saying he’s going to have a resurrection year. Part of being a good running back is longevity so he can have some great games before his injury, but every year he’s going to have to be able to take that 17 game beating. Bottomline, Running back is a young man’s game. Very few Emmitts out there that can produce a solid decade.

jay94 · Apr 20, 2022

TLDR Zeke is so good, he needs elite blocking to be effective.....

CowboyRoy · Apr 20, 2022

doomsday9084 said:
Basically everyone sees it. Anyone arguing that Zeke is fine isn't worth talking to.

What is really painful is that Pollard was fine. Suddenly the run blocking got much better when he set foot on the field. Countless people have posted the stats. The fact that the Cowboys continued to give Zeke the lion's share of the carries was one of the most shocking things I have seen in my time as a Cowboys fan, going back to the late 70's. Why? Because it was a clear sign the Cowboys #1 priority was not winning. The team was trying to manage personalities or save face with the contract, regardless of the impact on results.

Just looking at the last week of the season says it all. In a meaningless game, knowing that Zeke is banged up, and apparently know that Zeke is going to be featured in the playoff game against SF the next week, they run Zeke 20 times and barely play Pollard. And why? So Zeke can get to 1000 yards. LOL

A smart FO would be resting Zeke that week knowing they will give him a full load the following week. That right there, killed it for me. These guys are clowns.

CowboyRoy · Apr 20, 2022

RonnieT24 said:
Very few feature backs break long runs early in games. This is the case for a few reasons. One is teams come into games geared up to stop them trying to make your offense one-dimensional. Secondly, if you're a feature back who has had any success in the league, teams spend their entire week devising ways to slow you down. They dissect every tendency, every aspect of your game so as to be ready for you. Meanwhile the secondary back is maybe a 5 minute conversation on Friday. What that results in is a lot of feature backs entering the 4th quarter with 15-16 carries for a pedestrian average. But if the game has gone in such a way that you can keep handing him the ball he can feast on the defense that he has just spent the first three quarters wearing down. We saw that play out dozens of times over the course of Emmitt's career and we saw it many times early on with Zeke and many other feature backs. Then after the defense has been beat on for 3+ quarters eventually a big one breaks. I am always reminded of that game the Titans had against Seattle.. when Henry had something like 26 yards on 27 carries at one point.. Then on the next carry he went 60+ to the house. And then housed another one when the game went to OT. I have little doubt that if Zeke was out there regularly getting 25-30 carries he'd be doing similar thangs. The "problem" now is that Pollard has shown himself to be a capable back so if the game is sewed up he's the one getting those late game carries while Zeke chills on the sidelines. He literally gets to reap the rewards of the pounding Zeke puts on a defense. Which I don't think Zeke minds one bit but clearly a lot of fans lose their minds over. If Zeke was out there getting those carries he might have gaudier totals and a gaudier YPC average but he'd also be shortening his own career. Then again Kellen Moore is doing a fine job of shortening his career by asking him to pass block 40-50 times a game.. but I digress.

LOL.........that is a total and complete lie. RB's break long runs all game long. Your continued defense of your slow, plodding hero is akin to the Garrett lovers going down with the ship.

And NOBODY was designing ways to slow Zeke. IN fact, they were playing a two deep zone on purpose daring the Cowboys to run your hero and he still couldnt do anything.

RonnieT24 · Apr 20, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
LOL.........that is a total and complete lie. RB's break long runs all game long. Your continued defense of your slow, plodding hero is akin to the Garrett lovers going down with the ship.

And NOBODY was designing ways to slow Zeke. IN fact, they were playing a two deep zone on purpose daring the Cowboys to run your hero and he still couldnt do anything.

Case in point.. a mind is a terrible thing to waste..

CowboyRoy · Apr 20, 2022

RonnieT24 said:
Case in point.. a mind is a terrible thing to waste..

Hilarious to watch you make up all these inventive ways in your mind to apologize for Zeke.

Zeke doesnt make big plays because he sucks at it. He is slow, cant beat most defenders to the outside, and doesnt have the moves to make people miss in the hole or anywhere.

RonnieT24 · Apr 20, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
Hilarious to watch you make up all these inventive ways in your mind to apologize for Zeke.

Zeke doesnt make big plays because he sucks at it. He is slow, cant beat most defenders to the outside, and doesnt have the moves to make people miss in the hole or anywhere.

Still wasting.. if anyone listened to Talkin Cowboys yesterday they heard Isaiah Stanback state exactly what I have been saying about why Zeke stayed in the lineup.. namely.. because Moore doesn't want to run the ball and Pollard can't block. You can be mad about it all you want but until Pollard doesn't represent a possible season ending hit to our 160 million dollar QB he's not playing more snaps than Zeke.. Get over it.

DuncanIso · Apr 20, 2022

Bobhaze said:
There are a ton of miles on his tires going all the way back to Ohio State. Zeke has had a ton of punishment on his body and even though he’s only 26, with his workload he’s more like 30. He may actually be more effective as part of a RBBC than being the workhorse. But I don’t think JJ will allow. His highest paid players MUST play full time. It’s part of his marketing plan.

torn PCL will get your Rushes cut.

still, 1200 APY and 12 TDS. 4.2 YPA

CowboyRoy · Apr 20, 2022

RonnieT24 said:
Still wasting.. if anyone listened to Talkin Cowboys yesterday they heard Isaiah Stanback state exactly what I have been saying about why Zeke stayed in the lineup.. namely.. because Moore doesn't want to run the ball and Pollard can't block. You can be mad about it all you want but until Pollard doesn't represent a possible season ending hit to our 160 million dollar QB he's not playing more snaps than Zeke.. Get over it.

So how come Moore ran the ball to the tune of 200 yards per game during that 5 game stretch?

Your analysis is garbage as is whomever you were listening to.

RB's run the ball. FB's block. Put Zeke at FB.

RonnieT24 · Apr 20, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
So how come Moore ran the ball to the tune of 200 yards per game during that 5 game stretch?

Your analysis is garbage as is whomever you were listening to.

RB's run the ball. FB's block. Put Zeke at FB.

You mean the 5 game stretch after Jerry read him the riot act after that debacle in Tampa? That was clearly an outlier. As soon as Zeke got hurt and wasn't giving him 5 ypc Moore reverted to form. The wins over New England and Minny without a good running game were the worst things that could have happened to us.. because Moore never came back to the run after those games.. Again.. be mad about it all you want.. If Pollard doesn't get better at blitz pickup they'll roll Zeke out there in a wheelchair if they have to but they are not trusting Pollard to protect Dak's backside until he shows he can do it consistently. But I get it.. you hate Zeke so much you appear to be incapable of rational discussion with respect to him.. So please.. go waste somebody else's time with it.

DuncanIso · Apr 20, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
Hilarious to watch you make up all these inventive ways in your mind to apologize for Zeke.

Zeke doesnt make big plays because he sucks at it. He is slow, cant beat most defenders to the outside, and doesnt have the moves to make people miss in the hole or anywhere.

yet still had 12 TDS and 4.2 ypa

vlad · Apr 20, 2022

I’m told if we rebuild the offensive line to the level of being one of the best lines in recent memory with the AllPro quality players in their prime and a few other good players, he’ll perform less well then demarco Murray who I’m told can’t hold his jock.

Zeke is so overrated it’s insane, and in think he was good. But people act like he’s prime Eric Dickerson blended with the potential of Bo Jackson

big dog cowboy · Apr 20, 2022

Hawkeye0202 said:

Right now I'd take a 4th for him and be so very happy.

Section446 · Apr 20, 2022

Horrible player.

CowboyRoy · Apr 21, 2022

DuncanIso said:
yet still had 12 TDS and 4.2 ypa

4.2 isn’t great. Pollard a yard higher.

DuncanIso · Apr 21, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
4.2 isn’t great. Pollard a yard higher.

his career avg is 4.5.

but he was playing with a torn PCL.

CowboyRoy · Apr 21, 2022

DuncanIso said:
his career avg is 4.5.

but he was playing with a torn PCL.

On a downward trend since his rookie year.

DuncanIso · Apr 21, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
On a downward trend since his rookie year.

Zeke isn't going to get 1600 yards every year.

No one is.

If Dallas wants more rushing yards for Zeke, then he will need more rushes.

with a 4.2 YPA, he will need 380 rushes for 1600 yards.

He cracked 200 last year.

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