This move baffles me to no end. I loved Zeke back during his first few seasons but the time has passed him by. He’s acceptable at best and I think signing him actually makes us a worse team. This gives us no advantage and he doesn’t have any upside. He wasn’t that good for us two years ago and now he’s even older and slower.
This was an abysmal move. Guarantee you Dak tossed an idea for management to sign his former friend or something.
Like you, I was all in on the Cowboys drafting Zeke out of OSU, but today's Zeke is not the same Zeke as the one we drafted. But truthfully, I doubt that Zeke was hired to save the day for the Cowboys, I think they were just trying to buy a little time. A little time, as in 1 year. We just drafted some serious help for the OL and DL, but it's probably going to take those rooks a year to grow up. Meanwhile, some were pretty unhappy that we didn't draft a RB, but I think they had to pull a balancing act between drafting the help they felt they needed and what part of that were they willing to sacrifice for a late round chance at a RB that might not be that good anyway. They opted to sacrifice the late round RB for what I feel were some strong picks for the trenches.
Those picks will be ready to play with a year of experience for 2025 at the same time when we have a better shot at drafting a quality RB in a higher round. Like I said, I think signing Zeke was just buying time till next year's draft of a better RB and we'll have a better OL to block for him.
Just a thought, but I think it'll work out better this way in the long run.
