lol no offense to you, but some people take football too serious. ok, I guess considering we haven't even sniffed a SB in almost 30 years, Zeke for a few would be a positive considering the running game has changed in the game of football considering the NFL front office through rule changes (which has ruined the game of football for those who remember football when it was real football). and yes stats do not reveal the story. But its ok, I don't really mind others having a different Opinion than me so you don't agree with my opinion of Zeke, totally fine. that would be consistent with the state of the game as it is today.
That's cool everyone's entitled to their opinion but the fact is most players are judged by their stats.
that's how they get paid by production, production equals stats ,
everyone that says that they don't matter and only wins matter you can't put one of sixty players accountable for wins and losses,
This is a team game , you know I find it ironic somebody put Gayle Sayers in the Hall of Fame with his meager production, he has no playoff history or no Super Bowls, they literally saw the guys talent and put him in, thats was a mistake for one I don't think the guy deserved it somehow they gave him a cookie because what his career could have been might have been so they didn't only not use stats they used projections and said hey this guy deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because he might have been one of the best players to ever play the game..HMM??
how so how is a guy get in there with half the stats zeke has and he also has no rings, no championships, and no playoff history? I mean at least Elliott has two rushing titles could have had three in a row he led the league basically for four years in scrimmage yards and right now his career he has better stats than Terrell Davis and his stats equal to what Derek Henry's done and somehow people downplay what zeke did because he tailed off at the end of his career.
wow really a running back after seven years ran out of gas, given how much mileage he got his first four years, and also given what he did two straight years at Ohio State you do realize that he was the offense at Ohio State when they were in those playoff games it was zeke that carried that offense those were scrubs at quarterback the guy had back-to-back 1800 yard seasons... then comes into the NFL and nearly puts up 1700 yards in a rushing title his rookie year and his rushing stats his rookie year or almost what Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett did to put together as a rookie.
my point is zeke was almost happened to live up to his own lofty expectations he set as a rookie and the fact that he was picked number four overall but the man had a great career it's not his fault, it's not Prescott fault either it's not Tony romo's fault... you keep bringing up 30 years like a bunch of other what seemingly are common fans that like to parrot narratives you do realize these are players that weren't even born 30 years ago or 27 years ago they were not even here 10 years ago when we were striking out in the playoffs and yet somehow they're being held to a standard oh if they can't win in the playoffs and they win the big games their careers mean nothing.
that's ridiculous expectations set by fans creating false narratives parroting things that are being heat it up around the Internet and it's just not true. zeke had a great career whether you want to admit it or not because you didn't like that he got paid everyone that seems to get giant contracts and then somehow we don't end up having great playoff runs they all suck.
then somebody comes on and says well he only had two good years no you don't put up near 8300 yards and over 60 touchdowns by having a mediocre career in two years the man nearly had three straight rushing titles right out of college and he played very well for four years and it was the team that changed the coaching schemes that changed and injuries set in to a player who was used up and spit out around here.
That's all I'm saying I think too much credits given to other players on our 90s teams, Troy Aikman would never have been Troy Aikman without Emmitt Smith, that offensive line and that coaching staff with all those Hall of Fame players that when it counted in the playoffs, the team stepped up the, coaches stepped up it is not Prescott or zeke's fault that when they got to the playoffs and met some of the better teams they fell just short as individual players they can't be blamed there were so much that went on in those playoff games those four playoff losses you can't blame a single player.
Why don't you go check out some historical archives and some videos of big games in the playoffs for the Cowboys in the 70s and 90s where Roger Staubach or Troy Aikman had to play without the benefit of a strong run game, a great offensive line, great coaching and that they were well prepared and try to limit their mistakes as a team to win more games in the playoffs and Super Bowls. Where the quarterback or an individual player was asked to do something by himself to win big games. By the way do you need any proof of that I mean as great as the Cowboys were in the 70s they only won two Super Bowls with all that success and all those chances it happens mistakes were made people dropped touchdowns people didn't make the right block people had a fumble at the very wrong time somebody missed a kick it's just how it is in the NFL and right now we're going through a drought.
Lastly biggest thing for me is I think fans are ridiculous they don't even notice this is 27 to 30 years you guys are whining about it's not even the longest drought in NFL history we've seen those it took the eagle 60 years to win one Super Bowl it took the cheese 51 years between their Super Bowls to get back where they are now it took the Bengals you don't even have a Super Bowl win 31 years between Super Bowls I mean how long has it been since Washington won a Super Bowl and I know San Francisco has been playing very well lately but how long has it been since they actually won a Super Bowl I mean there are droughts all over the place Buffalo hasn't been back to or won a Super Bowl since the 90s as a matter of fact I don't even know did they have a Super Bowl win ever but yet they're still looked at as one of the better teams right now no one keeps parroting droughts with them I don't hear all the fans complaining about how long it's been no they just stay in the current situation and hope for the best
off my soapbox
