Interesting Tony Pollard Stat

[McMicah]

Saw that TP has 5 touchdowns of 30 or more yards this season, most in franchise history with many games still to play.

Just a quick reminder that:
1) He is somehow not the feature back on this football team
2) Sometimes you should pay RBs (or franchise tag them). This is one of those times

 

[Ken]

I can see the cowboys franchise tagging him.

 

[Runwildboys]

Just out of curiosity, do the stats show when he gets those long TDs? Are they mostly in the first half, or are they usually after the defense has been worn down? I love Pollard, but if I were signing the paychecks, I'd want to be sure he was solely responsible for his big plays before I gave him a huge raise.

 

[Risen Star]

Just out of curiosity, do the stats show when he gets those long TDs? Are they mostly in the first half, or are they usually after the defense has been worn down? I love Pollard, but if I were signing the paychecks, I'd want to be sure he was solely responsible for his big plays before I gave him a huge raise.

Oh stop. Yeah it's just so exhausting to contain Zeke that Pollard has it easy.

He's shined as a backup, as a guy splitting the carries evenly and even when Zeke didn't play.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Saw that TP has 5 touchdowns of 30 or more yards this season, most in franchise history with many games still to play.

Just a quick reminder that:
1) He is somehow not the feature back on this football team
2) Sometimes you should pay RBs (or franchise tag them). This is one of those times

I would never make the same mistake twice like we did with Zeke. DONT pay RB's. Now a two year deal at around 8 million/year might be something I might consider. There are plenty of other good backs out there. This is a great year for backs in FA.

Pay the line, not the back. WE blew it with Pollard. The guy was here for 4 years and we wasted him here.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Just out of curiosity, do the stats show when he gets those long TDs? Are they mostly in the first half, or are they usually after the defense has been worn down? I love Pollard, but if I were signing the paychecks, I'd want to be sure he was solely responsible for his big plays before I gave him a huge raise.

It doenst matter when he gets them.

 

[McMicah]

Just out of curiosity, do the stats show when he gets those long TDs? Are they mostly in the first half, or are they usually after the defense has been worn down? I love Pollard, but if I were signing the paychecks, I'd want to be sure he was solely responsible for his big plays before I gave him a huge raise.

Does it matter? Way more hallowed running backs have run behind way more vaunted O Lines in franchise history, and have not accomplished what he has this season, and they were all pretty much taking every snap.

Tony is special

 

[T-RO]

I'd want to be sure he was solely responsible for his big plays

No running back in history is ever "solely responsible for his big plays"

 

[Cowpolk]

Does it matter? Way more hallowed running backs have run behind way more vaunted O Lines in franchise history, and have not accomplished what he has this season, and they were all pretty much taking every snap.

Tony is special

Hambrick was special until we found out he was not

 

[irishline]

Does it matter? Way more hallowed running backs have run behind way more vaunted O Lines in franchise history, and have not accomplished what he has this season, and they were all pretty much taking every snap.

Tony is special

Define accomplished? Are you saying that he has accomplished what Tony Dorsett or Emmitt Smith weren't able to in a season overall? Yes, he has more 30+ yard TD's than those two, but if you say that one facet puts him in their ball park I will laugh you right out of here. There are many more things they were able to "accomplish" in a season, and a career to this point to say he is "special" with the implication that those two (and a couple or so others) aren't.

I love Pollard and what he brings to this team, he is the best back we have right now. That said he needs to show it as a bell cow, that as you said is taking pretty much every snap, before we can compare him to our lucky history with HoF and near HoF backs (here looking at you Perkins).

 

[Vinnie2u]

I would never make the same mistake twice like we did with Zeke. DONT pay RB's. Now a two year deal at around 8 million/year might be something I might consider. There are plenty of other good backs out there. This is a great year for backs in FA.

Pay the line, not the back. WE blew it with Pollard. The guy was here for 4 years and we wasted him here.

Yeah, I don't understand that it took them 3 years to figure out how to use TP. 2-3 years seems legit at 8 million a year. As long as Zeke is cut, and we draft an RB. By the way teams like Chicago got plenty of money to burn next year 100m. TP and Justin Fields would be deadly.

 

[Havic]

I'd love to get TP on say a 3 year contract and then move on after for a replacement in the draft.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Yeah, I don't understand that it took them 3 years to figure out how to use TP. 2-3 years seems legit at 8 million a year. As long as Zeke is cut, and we draft an RB.

Yay paying backs long or big money on the 2nd contract is a no no. Would only consider it with Pollard because he was used so sparingly here. And I still think a team can utilize him even more than the Cowboys are going and feature him in the offense. More in the passing game and some other designed plays to get him the ball.

If they can go 3 years with an out after 2 that would be fine by me. But I wouldnt go over 8 or 9 million per season. You can easily sign a guy like Mattison, the backup for the vikings for around 3 million per year and draft a good back in the 2nd or 3rd round if you had to next season.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Does it matter? Way more hallowed running backs have run behind way more vaunted O Lines in franchise history, and have not accomplished what he has this season, and they were all pretty much taking every snap.

Tony is special

Dare we say Tony Pollard/Dorsett?

 

[VaqueroTD]

I can see the cowboys franchise tagging him.

We can also cut Zeke next year and lower the RB franchise tag.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Hambrick was special until we found out he was not

You have been dead wrong about Pollard thus far. If you cant see the talent in that kid by now there is no hope for you.

 

[Runwildboys]

Oh stop. Yeah it's just so exhausting to contain Zeke that Pollard has it easy.

He's shined as a backup, as a guy splitting the carries evenly and even when Zeke didn't play.

Not saying Zeke made it easy. Not even saying it's easy. If it were, he'd have a lot more TDs of 30 yards. But you can't possibly think that Zeke, the O-line, and the play calling have no bearing.

Pollard is a great weapon, but if the FO we're to give him a big contract, then his production dropped, everyone would be saying how stupid they were not to look hard into why he was so successful.

 

[Runwildboys]

No running back in history is ever "solely responsible for his big plays"

Semantics. You know exactly what I mean.

 

[Cowpolk]

You have been dead wrong about Pollard thus far. If you cant see the talent in that kid by now there is no hope for you.

Show me where I have been wrong on Pollard master

 

[Vanilla2]

Oh stop. Yeah it's just so exhausting to contain Zeke that Pollard has it easy.

He's shined as a backup, as a guy splitting the carries evenly and even when Zeke didn't play.

It’s the reverse of Julius(or was it Felix) and the barbarian