He ducked because he realized his route had brought him too close to the receiver who had set up shop on the short middle zone and it looked like Dak was trying to throw the ball to that receiver. I think it was CeeDee.
Lotsa millions will do that to ya.
I don't think he's quick enough to the hole anymore to be good for short yardage. At this point in their careers, Luepke is a much better short yardage back.
That's just completely not true. It's all about football.
Thanks for posting. I really enjoy your input.
I do wonder if some of Zeke's "slowness" to the hole is his adapting to McCarthy's offense and getting in sync with the line. I also maintain that the mean reason all the backs have mostly struggled has been piss poor run blocking. Up until the second half against the Steelers the Cowboys had been mostly using zone blocking which IMHO absolutely does not suit the hogs we have up front. Once they went to combo blocks and power football the ground game looked a lot better in the second half against the Steelers and I think it would have looked just as good for Zeke as it did Rico if not better. Still Zeke has been given the ball 6 times in short yardage situations (3 yards or less to go ) and he has converted first downs on 5 of them, including 2 for 2 in the last game. Luepke only has 4 carries TOTAL all season so his perceived prowess as a short yardage back is just that.. "perceived." Just to close out the loop Rico has been handed the ball 11 times in those short yard situations and has converted on 8. Not a bad percentage.. but still not as good as Zeke. And Zeke has no goal line fumbles with the game on the line to his credit either!
It was time to really say goodbye in 2022.
No because Zeke is a backup now ..... probably 3rd string.
Lol Zeke hasn't had a 100 yard game rushing since October of 2021, and he had opportunities, from then until now he had 19 games where he had 15 carries or more and never reached 100 yards. Zeke would absolute waste to give 15 or more carries at this point in his career
Well said.....now while Zeke was taking all the carries (an excessive amount) early in his career, operating on a rookie contract......the board was happy. Fast forward.....Zeke gets paid, plays hurt (knee) for two years, OL decline, a pass happy OC and the Board does a 180 on this board, continuously.
He was just as slow in NE last year. Was that McCarthy's fault, too?
I think from the Jones view they were talking a 6 million dead hit for a RB so no way Jerry is spending 16 million (his view is 6+10 is 16 million) on a RB by paying Henry top money. Go cheap I expect a 1st round RB taken by Jerry. So many forget Zeke carried the team and Dak and they ran him into the ground, Jerry thinking he can get lightning in a bottle for a year cheap.
That may have been the case but that doesn't mean he's gonna fumble this year I wanna see the guy I wanna see him play I believe he has better vision then Rico and if we're gonna pull Ezekiel Elliott which is what we're talking about vaughn's already lost his spot then let's see cook let's see what he's got... Look I've been watching a lot of film not broke down like a professional but when I look at Rico missed so many bounce step cut back opportunities his vision is below average he's a really solid running back but he's missing that instinctual running that natural running pattern I know I've seen out of dalvin cook no doubt that man would hit some of these bigger holes instead of the one that was called on the field as soon as he took that first step he can see what's about to open instead of just running to play in front of him and that's in my opinion what rico's lacking he just runs the play over the whole or off where it was supposed to go and that's it that's what we're getting from him in my opinion I'm gonna go back to the old saying he's leaving a lot of meat on the bone there's some big holes along that line in other places besides where it's been called.
And this is exactly the kind of thinking that gets most NFL GMs fired.
Zeke lost the spring in his step due to the corona virus. Hit him really hard. He has simply never gotten it back.
a lot of guys have had COVID in the NFL, ZEEK is a product of being warn down by the cowboys, and him getting his money and being a dud
