Zeke and Barkley, has he regressed?

CowboyRoy · Sep 17, 2018

Two underwhelming games by Zeke. I don't see anyone talking about how he has regressed or that we need to go get a RB in the first round next year.

You can see with Barkely that they are making the effort to design the entire offense around him. When you use a top 5 pick on a RB, that's exactly what you better do. Not much running lanes, but he caught 13 passes yesterday in an effort to do whatever they could to get the kid involved.

With Zeke all I really see is runs up the middle with no creativity. A couple passes here and there.

Avery · Sep 17, 2018

Ridiculous to suggest he's regressed. Plenty of RB's would love to have 147 yards and two TD's through two games while averaging 4.6 per carry.

The reason Barkley got 14 catches is because Eli's the checkdown king because their WR's were swallowed up last night.

SDCowboy · Sep 17, 2018

I put issues in the run game on the current oline. Not Zeke. There isn't much Zeke can do if the openings aren't there.

INCowboysFan · Sep 17, 2018

Barkley caught all those passes because our secondary threw a blanket on OBJ and Shepard. Plus Eli was taking a beating and was looking to get the ball out of his hands ASAP.

John813 · Sep 17, 2018

Collins(NYG) wasn't lying that they were game planning to stop Zeke. There were a handful of times Zeke single-handily got a few yards that should of been negative plays.
Teams aren't respecting the passing game, and their #1 goal is to stop Zeke so 3rd downs are 3rd and 6+.
Zeke doesn't call the running plays for himself.

DallasDomination · Sep 17, 2018

The offensive line is trash! Everybody is getting beat now because you have 2 under par linemen in Collins and Williams.

zrinkill · Sep 17, 2018

CowboyRoy starts thread Zeke and Barkley

Zeke 17 rushes 78 yards
Bark 11 rushes 28 yards

CowboyRoy decides Zeke has regressed and Barkley is great.

Jeebus

SDCowboy · Sep 17, 2018

DallasDomination said:
The offensive line is trash! Everybody is getting beat now because you have 2 under par linemen in Collins and Williams.

The oline really is bad currently, and I'm surprised it isn't being talked about more. With Frederick out, and Smith currently a shell of his former self, the oline should be a massive concern.

CATCH17 · Sep 17, 2018

DallasDomination said:
The offensive line is trash! Everybody is getting beat now because you have 2 under par linemen in Collins and Williams.

To be fair to the Oline... We are super predictable and teams are overloading the box.

That’s why the zone read is so effective.

texbumthelife · Sep 17, 2018

Zeke looks a step slow, but otherwise his decision making and cuts look in mid-season form. As the passing game matures and gets better, and the interior line gels, he'll see bigger lanes.

CATCH17 · Sep 17, 2018

zrinkill said:
CowboyRoy starts thread Zeke and Barkley

Zeke 17 rushes 78 yards
Bark 11 rushes 28 yards

CowboyRoy decides Zeke has regressed and Barkley is great.

Jeebus

Barkley is a east and west / feast or famine RB.

He’s 230 LBs so it tricks you into thinking he’s more then what he is and that’s just a big Reggie Bush.

CowboyRoy · Sep 17, 2018

Avery said:
Ridiculous to suggest he's regressed. Plenty of RB's would love to have 147 yards and two TD's through two games while averaging 4.6 per carry.

The reason Barkley got 14 catches is because Eli's the checkdown king because their WR's were swallowed up last night.

I completely agree its ridiculous to say he has regressed.

Doomsday · Sep 17, 2018

The offensive line is struggling and it is not easy to line up and run right at the Giants or Panthers.

JakeCamp12 · Sep 17, 2018

Tyron seems to be struggling for some reason, back? rust? age? I don't know what it is, but he has started to leak on that side of the line.

CowboyRoy · Sep 17, 2018

SDCowboy said:
I put issues in the run game on the current oline. Not Zeke. There isn't much Zeke can do if there aren't openings.

I agree.

CowboyRoy · Sep 17, 2018

texbumthelife said:
Zeke looks a step slow, but otherwise his decision making and cuts look in mid-season form. As the passing game matures and gets better, and the interior line gels, he'll see bigger lanes.

So what good is a RB that needs a great oline and great passing game to be good.

TheRomoSexual · Sep 17, 2018

Regressed? 4.6 yards a carry is regression? Good lord we are spoiled.

Aviano90 · Sep 17, 2018

CowboyRoy said:
So what good is a RB that needs a great oline and great passing game to be good.

A 3rd round pick. :thumbup:

Doomsay · Sep 17, 2018

Zeke had a number of amazing sub 5 yard runs. Not a lot of daylight openings for him in the last 2 weeks.

INCowboysFan · Sep 17, 2018

SDCowboy said:
The oline really is bad currently, and I'm surprised it isn't being talked about more. With Frederick out, and Smith a shell of his former self, the oline should be a massive concern.

I think Tyron played just fine last night. I think it was the interior of the line (Williams and Looney) that had trouble last night with Harrison. Even Zack had some trouble with him. I don't think Looney is bad at center, but getting Fredrick back sooner rather than later will help stabilize the O-line. Once that happens, I wouldn't be opposed to giving Looney a shot at LG if Williams continues to have problems. Most teams won't have a lot of success running it up the middle all game against the NYG. Zeke was solid and I'm glad they kept giving him the ball.

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