If he does, how many of his yards be during "Garbage Time"?
I keed, I keed.
While I would not bet on it, it would be possible if two things happen.
1. Zeke working on his cardio. He pulled himself out too much last year to have a shot to get to 2K yards.
2. The offense would have to jump out to early leads so that we could just run the ball late in games.
But man, that is a crap load of carries, 400+ at 5 ypc, and with the other players we have on the team, that would be a waste IMO.
I myself, would rather see Zeke have a little less than 300 carries (had 301 last year) and Pollard having ~150 or so (had 86 last year).
This is not because I hate Zeke or believe Pollard better, ect. I think Zeke is clearly the better of the two, but he has been used WAY more than other RBs in the NFL.
2016 - Had 23 more carries than #2, or a whole game's worth, and he only played 15 games that year (healthy scratch week 17)
2017 - Even with the 6 game suspension, was 10th in the NFL in carries. His 24.2 carries a game easily surpassed Peterson's 21.5 and Bell's 21.4, #2 and #3 on the list
2018 - Had 43 more carries than #2, or TWO games worth, and he only played 15 games that year too (healthy scratch week 17)
2019 - Was #2 in carries, by two attempts. but yet only ended up 4th in Rushing.
If Zeke is going to make it through his contract and still be productive, I believe we have to give him less of a workload and hope he can do more with the carries he does get.
Maybe he can take the pounding and still be productive in 4 years from now, but with a guy as capable as Pollard on the team, I don't think Zeke has to do it all himself.
Zeke is a great player still, but if he is pounded into a wall at a pace no other RB in today's NFL goes through, it's hard to have the expectation that he will be great for long.
JMHO