Is Zeke sitting again?

[Blackrain]

i have no problem him being used properly when healthy. Which is to spell pollard on short yardage and mop up duty.

this myth that zeke wears down defenses has yet to be explained to me that makes any sense.

Yeah I'm just figuring he's a bigger guy and a little more punishing for defenders to tackle in theory.

So I can accept that but the man has to be healthy or he is not effective in any capacity.

Sitting healthy players just to play him injured makes absolutely no sense to me.

 

[terra]

This teams run game has been steamrolling without zeke. Despite your laughable claim that we lost because he didn’t play.

face the music, pollard is much better than your broken hero.

what we possibly do without zeke and his team bottom 4 ypc?

We lost the game with your so called great running game.
Mainly because your god spit the bit when it counted

 

[CowboyRoy]

And Emmitt's 4.2 yards a carry is horrible also, right? Good luck selling it to Cowboy fans.

Quit agenda muching and you might make sense.

Did emmitt have another back on his team getting half the carrys showing him up at 6ypc? Lol

No agenda just the facts.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Yeah I'm just figuring he's a bigger guy and a little more punishing for defenders to tackle in theory.

So I can accept that but the man has to be healthy or he is not effective in any capacity.

Sitting healthy players just to play him injured makes absolutely no sense to me.

yes, in theory. But the pollard I see is harder to tackle and runs harder. Zeke had 9 broken tackles all of last year. He goes down easier and we punt more often when he is featured.

 

[irishline]

so let’s look at the facts instead of making wild assumptions.

cowboys ran the ball 31 times Sunday. That’s the 3rd highest total of the year. Other two higher were 32 rushed and 34.

so your claim that they were afraid to over load them is proven false.

Our pass/run ratio per game:

Buccaneers - 70% pass (60 total plays - 18 rush)
Bengals - 53.4% pass (58 total plays - 27 rush)
Giants - 50.8% pass (62 total plays - 30 rush)
Commaders - 48.2% pass (56 total plays - 29 rush)
Rams - 32% pass (50 total plays - 34 rush)
Eagles - 59.4% pass (64 total plays - 26 rush)
Lions - 43.9% pass (37 total plays - 32 rush)
Bears - 48.2% pass (56 total plays - 29 rush)
Packers - 59.7% pass (77 total plays - 31 rush)

We ran 13 more plays Sunday than we did any other game this season. In reality it was our 2nd worse pass happy game of the season. Not blaming the RB's because I don't know the reason. We led almost the entire second half so we honestly should have been running more. If we were at our season average pass/run ratio on Sunday we should have run the ball between 39 and 40 times (39.2). Why we didn't, who knows? But context matters when looking at stats (and pointing to them to "prove" something). The old addage of lies, damned lies, and statistics again.

 

[Aven8]

It did. That’s why they went pass happy and lost the packers game.

They don’t trust pollard and Davis full time

Said this after the game. Broaddus said it today too. It’s not that they miss him per se, Moore just doesn’t call the same game when he’s not in there. It was obvious he doesn’t trust them. That’s why we need Zeke back folks, because Moore is worse when he’s out.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I like the Pollard/Davis combo.

A heart-felt TY to the coach bloke who thought of the Pollard/Davis attack.
When a team has the 7th worst passing offence, this RB duo helps much.

 

[Diehardblues]

This teams run game has been steamrolling without zeke. Despite your laughable claim that we lost because he didn’t play.

face the music, pollard is much better than your broken hero.

what we possibly do without zeke and his team bottom 4 ypc?

So, this thread is about bashing Elliott?

He’s over paid and over hyped. A familiar story under this dysfunctional ownership.

Shame we can’t use them both and pound the rock .

 

[Typhus]

I wasn’t aware people cared whether he sat or not. This team’s losing on Sunday either way.

There was a random poster that asked a couple days ago if I had ever watched football before when I said that Justin Jefferson was a true elite receiver that no team in the league could contain.
If we can not contain JJ, then we easily fall short of victory.
If we can curtail JJ, then we also have to shut down Dalvin Cook wich is no easy task, especially when this DL cannot stop a sneeze.

 

[Typhus]

So, this thread is about bashing Elliott?

He’s over paid and over hyped. A familiar story under this dysfunctional ownership.

Zeke burns the clock and gains 5 yds a carry occasionally and can pick up a blitz to protect his bro.
What more could we possibly expect from out of our RB1.

 

[Cmac]

Would it be 3 in a row or not?

Are you going to find fault in him and/or Medical Stafff preferring him to be as healthy as possible, given they ran hm on one leg last year or is this really about Zeke checking direct deposit like everybody else on the team does?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Yes. Pollard has had a few good games. Elliot gets hard yards and Moore is more comfortable with him in the game and pass blocks much better than Pollard. Do not want to hear about the money because the man is already paid. Maybe Pollard will start getting more carries and we pay him his money he will be wanting next year. He is gonna want big money.

Here are the stats with and without zeke this year:

With zeke: 135 yards per game, 4.7 ypc, and 1.33 rushing TD’s per game

Without zeke: 179.5 yards per game, 7.18 ypc and 2.5 rushing TD’s per game


It’s only two games, but it’s remarkably better by a long shot.

so it’s a straight up fact that the cowboys running game is much much better without Zeke and with him sitting out the game.

As far as pass blocking, that’s another myth. Zeke is better but pollard is good as well.

As far as Moore being more comfortable with zeke, again, another myth that holds no water.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Zeke burns the clock and gains 5 yds a carry occasionally and can pick up a blitz to protect his bro.
What more could we possibly expect from out of our RB1.

Occasionally? Lol

zeke doesn’t burn the clock. The offense stalls more when zeke is featured. Punting doesn’t burn clock.

 

[glimmerman]

Davis should be starting.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Are you going to find fault in him and/or Medical Stafff preferring him to be as healthy as possible, given they ran hm on one leg last year or is this really about Zeke checking direct deposit like everybody else on the team does?

I’d rather he sit out the rest of the year or be used sparingly like he should. The offense and run game are much much better when zeke doesn’t play.

 

[Typhus]

Occasionally? Lol

zeke doesn’t burn the clock. The offense stalls more when zeke is featured. Punting doesn’t burn clock.

Zeke is only a microcosm of this franchise's real problems, you know that already.

 

[Typhus]

Davis should be starting.

Just waiting for Qadree to get called up.

 

[glimmerman]

Here are the stats with and without zeke this year:

With zeke: 135 yards per game, 4.7 ypc, and 1.33 rushing TD’s per game

Without zeke: 179.5 yards per game, 7.18 ypc and 2.5 rushing TD’s per game


It’s only two games, but it’s remarkably better by a long shot.

so it’s a straight up fact that the cowboys running game is much much better without Zeke and with him sitting out the game.

As far as pass blocking, that’s another myth. Zeke is better but pollard is good as well.

As far as Moore being more comfortable with zeke, again, another myth that holds no water.

Nope. One fact is that we need to be using both of these RB’s in more screen passes. They both do really nice in the pass game and they don’t fumble. I am not sure if after this year they cut Elliot or redo the contract. I think they want to keep both for another year.

We played this game like it was a win, let Dak sling it around instead of throwing shorter passes and establishing a run game. We can do that with either RB. Our Defense sure played like it was a easy win. And if Dak don’t throw the second pick in the endzone and we get the FG it would have ended up as the kill shot. You protect the lead, that play should have been a toss or pitch to Pollard on the outside or throw to back of endzone (again Pollard on the back of endzone) other wise throw it away or Dak makes a play with his feet. It was a dumb play call at that point in the game. Take the points. If nothing there throw it away. They took the team light and got there … beat.

The team is better with all options on the table. No reason we can’t run a balanced game. When it’s balanced we win. Let Elliot be the hammer and Pollard can change it up and take it to the house. No need to throw 46 times. Your asking for it.

 

[glimmerman]

Just waiting for Qadree to get called up.

7.6 YPC.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I wasn’t aware people cared whether he sat or not. This team’s losing on Sunday either way.

Ray of sunshine you are