Anyone miss Zeke?

[KJJ]

Zeke had a fumble, but he wasn’t terrible on Sunday. He was going up against a much better team than we faced. He led the Pats in rushing averaging 4.1 a carry and he had an 11 yard run. Just another overreaction thread after only one game. He may end up having a pretty good year in New England and at some point we might miss some of his tough inside running. Some of you need to let the season play out before you jump to conclusions.

 

[Adreme]

I do not like being in a position to defend Zeke, as I still think he is overrated by a good many in the media, but he looked like the better of the two RBs that NE had out there on Sunday. I do not know what to make of that but between the two I would probably want to lesson the amount of carries that they give Stevenson going forward.

 

[diamonddelts]

Zeke had a fumble, but he wasn’t terrible on Sunday. He was going up against a much better team than we faced. He led the Pats in rushing averaging 4.1 a carry and he had an 11 yard run. Just another overreaction thread after only one game. He may end up having a pretty good year in New England and at some point we might miss him. Some of you need to let the season play out before you jump to conclusions.

Yes we might miss him for orbit shifting one yard and a cloud of dust runs.

 

[KJJ]

Yes we might miss him for orbit shifting one yard and a cloud of dust runs.

Some of those short cloud of dust runs, put points up for us last season and moved the chains on third down. I have no issue with us letting him go after last season, but he did bring something to the table. Zeke rushed for more than Rico Dowdle on Sunday. Everyone here is going to keep track of what Zeke does a New England this season compared to what our backs do. Instead of everyone jumping to conclusions after one game, let’s allow the season to play out at least some.

 

[charron]

I do not miss Zeke over used and mis-used carries. I still feel we might miss his short yardage ability in games to come. But we will see, maybe Dowdle will be ok in this area.

 

[diamonddelts]

I do not miss Zeke over used and mis-used carries. I still feel we might miss his short yardage ability in games to come. But we will see, maybe Dowdle will be ok in this area.

Short yardage specialist is a invention of this forum only.

 

[charron]

Short yardage specialist is a invention of this forum only.

So you think no team had a guy who was really good at getting short yardage in tough situations?

 

[Smith22]

No. I appreciate what he has done, but he is a progress stopper now. Glad we moved on.

 

[Diehardblues]

I like his new haircut and his new number. But doesn’t look like his production is anything to be missing. Looking forward to seeing him in a couple weeks .

 

[dmq]

Actually, I want to see more Rico.

 

[mahoneybill]

Of course it was raining hmm that didn't play a factor, did you see that big run he got actually

25 yards and it’s his first game back if you have ever been injured that involves running it’s always do I go all out in a competition

 

[VaqueroTD]

Pollard looked good and explosive.

Dowdle looked decent.

But man I'm so glad Zeke is off this team.

And Zeke still screwed us by fumbling in the Eagles game earlier today. Patriots almost had them.

Feels personal writing it that way.

I'm not happy for any Cowboys who fought hard for us, their career is dying down, and never got to win a Super Bowl.

I am happy.... extremely happy.... that we have faster running backs, who can make guys miss too.

 

[diamonddelts]

Actually, I want to see more Rico.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrico

 

[diamonddelts]

So you think no team had a guy who was really good at getting short yardage in tough situations?

Yes it was their starting rb. Not a pinch hinter. That is a concoction of this forum only.

 

[gimmesix]

I do care about how Zeke does in NE.

He’s the 3rd leading rusher in Cowboys history.

Don’t worry about the #ZekeHate

Too bad Zeke can’t return all the TDs he scored for us.

Once they leave the Cowboys, the only attention I pay to former players is when they are playing us or when they are brought up here. Of course, I don't really watch other teams, just my team.

 

[Starforever]

Zeke is no longer with this team and the diatribe continues. What, no mention of Schultz?

 

[DuncanIso]

Zeke is no longer with this team and the diatribe continues. What, no mention of Schultz?

To be fair, Dallas is still paying for him.

 

[Motorola]

Zeke is no longer with this team and the diatribe continues. What, no mention of Schultz?

Elliott's time in Dallas top of mind over Schuitz.

Week 1 Texans @ Ravens (9 - 25 defeat)
Schultz__did not start; 62 snaps on offense -- 81%
targeted 4 times, 2 catches for 4 yards.
Limited in practice Wednesday - thigh; questionable status for Texans' home opener Sunday v. Colts.

 

[mattjames2010]

I will be the first to admit that Zeke has been terrible over the last 3 years. But his career stats and Derrick Henry's career have been pretty much equal.


Derrick Henry 8,398 career yards

Ezekiel Elliot 8,291 career yards

Derrick Henry started his career splitting carries with Murray. Since then he has 3 1,000 yard seasons and 1 2,000 yard season. 2 of those 1,000 yard seasons was 1,500+. The one season between those that he didn't top 1,000 yards he had 900 yards through 8 games before injury.

And it's not about total yards, it's about how Henry goes about getting those yards. It's memorable. There was nothing defining about Zeke's game. He was a well-rounded RB for a time but steadily declined after his 2017 season. He lost that second gear that separated him from the pack and became a good but not great RB.

Simple fact is, if Henry has a couple more big seasons he's probably going to be a HOF candidate. Zeke will MAYBE be a ROH guy for us in the future. As I made with another comparison, what we thought Zeke was going to be ended up being what we are seeing Nick Chubb do now.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

I'm curious to see what Pollard looks like towards the end of the season being the featured back