Ezekiel Elliott - OROY?

[DBOY3141]

Zeke is the favorite.

My dark horse is Treadwell from Minny. If Bridgewater takes a step forward and with teams concentrating on AP, Treadwell could have a very good year.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Zeke is the favorite.

My dark horse is Treadwell from Minny. If Bridgewater takes a step forward and with teams concentrating on AP, Treadwell could have a very good year.

Any RB drafted in the first 3 rounds and given enough carries would win rookie of the year this year. And quite frankly if Zeke doesnt win rookie of the year, then this was a total and complete bomb of a pick. My opinion is that he will have it wrapped up by the 6 or 7th game of the season barring injury.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Zeke is the favorite.

My dark horse is Treadwell from Minny. If Bridgewater takes a step forward and with teams concentrating on AP, Treadwell could have a very good year.

Birdgewater is a joke and that is not a passing offense.

 

[DBOY3141]

Birdgewater is a joke and that is not a passing offense.

Main reason is they have not had very good WR's. Norv wants to throw the ball, so he could put up decent numbers. We'll see.
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[Silver N Blue]

Zeke, Goff, Henry & Doctson, someone from that group with their odds in that order IMHO.

Goff plays for the rams...don't see it...who is he throwing to? Henry...lol..no chance he is a bama back and has murray in front of him...while Doctson is gonna be good he has DJax, Garcon, and Reed in front him with experience...not going to get the ball enough to put up OROY the numbers with those vets in front of him...imo..if Zeke doesn't win it then something crazy happened...

 

[Silver N Blue]

He may.

If the Rams do decent next year, and Goff puts up good numbers, then I could see a tough decision on OROY.
Especially since the Rams just moved to LA, new potential franchise QB drafted, blah blah blah, it would be good marketing for the league. All dependent on Goff not sucking though.

And, you'll have some critics saying that EE has a great line to run behind and it's expected. And, I doubt he'll be given the same carries as Murray did in 2014. I still expect the Cowboys to do a 65-35/70-30 split on carries his first year here.

Peterson averaged 18 carries a game his rookie year, along with Gurley.

Recently, only Doug Martin has averaged 20 carries a game his rookie year*

I still believe EE is the favorite, but I don't think it's a lock.



*recent first round running backs selected in first round.

I agree with the stats your stating for rookie rbs...but 1200 rushing yards, 400 rec yards and 10 plus TDs are attainable numbers for a rookie RB

 

[boysfanindc]

Goff plays for the rams...don't see it...who is he throwing to? Henry...lol..no chance he is a bama back and has murray in front of him...while Doctson is gonna be good he has DJax, Garcon, and Reed in front him with experience...not going to get the ball enough to put up OROY the numbers with those vets in front of him...imo..if Zeke doesn't win it then something crazy happened...

That is why I had Zeke as most probable, but:

Skins are looking to move on from both Garcon & DJack after this year so the will get Doctson plenty of touches, plus Jackson is hurt all the time.

Rams are a little short at the WR position, but Austin has improved every year in the league, they drafted Cooper who I believe can be really good.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Y'all setting this guy up for failure. High expectations that might not be reached. Then y'all start calling him a bust. I didn't want him at 4 but like Rodgers said R-E-L-A-X.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

If he and the line stay healthy, 85% chance

 

[JPostSam]

one game.

i mean, i love the pick. but can we get through one freaking game at least before we start the OROY talk?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Main reason is they have not had very good WR's. Norv wants to throw the ball, so he could put up decent numbers. We'll see.
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True receivers have been lame. Is Norv the new OC this year?

 

[JohnsKey19]

Hard to imagine he wont win it if he stays relatively healthy and averages at least 18 carries/game. One of the rookie QBs would have to light it up to win over Elliot.

 

[dogunwo]

Alot depends on what the QBs do. QBs usually trump skill players for OROY. Either of Goff or Wentz start 16 games, have 20+ TDs and a QBR over 85 it would probably take more then 2K all purposes yards and 12 + TDs for a HB to win

That, or a lot of national television explosive highlights.

 

[Joe Realist]

I fear the dreaded, training camp, lingering, hamstring problem

 

[DBOY3141]

True receivers have been lame. Is Norv the new OC this year?

Norm's been there since Zimmer got there, so I think this is his 3rd year.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Norm's been there since Zimmer got there, so I think this is his 3rd year.

Im going to stick with Bridgewater is suspect.

 

[BigStar]

I fear the dreaded, training camp, lingering, hamstring problem