RonnieT24
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Easier to be explosive when you only get the ball a few times a game, teams set their defense to defend main players, not part timers. We saw Moose do very well when he ran the ball or got passes, but does anybody think if he was the main running back he'd been anywhere near as good as Emmitt in tough situations? (Yes I know he was a fullback instead of a running back, speaking in generalities here). Many were screaming for Marion Barber to be the starting running back instead of a part time guy, but when he became that, his effectiveness went down substantially.
Pollard is quicker, that's easily seen, but he doesn't get the tough yards nearly as well as Zeke. We need both of them...
Not only Barber but idiots screamed for Hambrick to replace Emmitt.. fail.. then they screamed for Barber to replace Julius.. fail.. then Felix to replace Barber.. fail.. It has played out so many times over the course of the last 25 years not just in Dallas but in a number of places. It's the sexy new girl syndrome.
I don't understand how some folks watch these games.. It's like all the times Pitt was in the backfield when the back took the handoff never happened. When it happened to Zeke he usually made positive yards anyway.. When it happened to Pollard he went down. Negative yards on 4 of 9 carries yesterday. He was fortunate that he got great blocking on the edge a couple of times and got to the second level untouched and he has the quickness to jet through the gaping hole. There were no gaping holes for Zeke for one simple reason.. When Zeke is on the field he has the attention of all 11 guys on the defense. When he's off the field the attention shifts elsewhere.. Remember the play where they faked it to Zeke and handed to the WR coming around? I think it was Cooper.. Three defenders went with Zeke.. nobody even looked at Cooper until he had like 9 yards. That people fail to understand this basic component of NFL football is mind boggling to me. The lead back gets more attention and thus has to work harder for his yards. Period. With Dak out of the game and no real passing threat his job is twice as hard .. If Gilbert can step up his performance maybe another half a notch Zeke might have a chance to get off. But I fully expect us to hand the reigns back over to Dalton when we come back from the bye.. Good luck with that..