Malik Davis Had 9 Less Carries Than Zeke

[jwitten82]

If Zeke played the whole game he would've had a few pops too.

Zeke had 19 attempts, more than enough to pop a few. Davis only had 10 attempts

 

[lostar2009]

Zeke had 19 attempts, more than enough to pop a few. Davis only had 10 attempts

So you saying you rather have Davis over Zeke?

 

[8FOR!3]

Zeke's an 850-1,000 yard back with 12+ TDs. Of the 12 running backs ahead of him in yards, only the bottom half in front of him have less carries (Zeke has 3 or more TDs than all 6 of those guys.) Zeke and Nick Chubb are the only RB's in the league with 12 Rushing TDs. Derrick Henry and Jamaal Williams are the only one ahead of them with 13 and 14 respectively. Zeke missed what, 2 games this year? If he plays those two games he'd most likely be #1 in TDs and easily top 10 in rushing yards (most likely around 7.) Even without those 2 games he missed, bc I get it "what ifs" aren't real, he still had a really impressive season. Probably somewhere between the top 10 and top 5.

Out of those players ahead of Zeke in yards and TDs none of them are on a team that has 2 running backs in those categories. Zeke is. Pollard is right up there with him.

So you can call him a short yardage back all you want, but at the end of the day he's one of the most productive backs across the league. And how many of those guys that are in front of him this year have put up these numbers year after year. Maybe 5?

 

[jwitten82]

Garbage thread. Davis had a 23 yard run, he averaged half a yard on 9 carries outside of that.

They both averaged 1.7 yards if you take away there longest runs. Difference is, Davis has more speed to break a long run

 

[jwitten82]

So you saying you rather have Davis over Zeke?

Yea, I rather have the combination of Pollard and Davis than Zeke

 

[Acceptablename]

The upcoming draft is loaded at RB

 

[Cmac]

He runs inside and leads the league in yards after contact.

And I love how running outside is apparently a slight.

No.

Running outside is what most good running backs should be able to do. Zeke can’t.

No one is slighting TPollard.....he is a valued member to this team, without question. I am just baffled simply by the dismissal of OL play that points to or hoisted solely upon Zeke. If you don't want to recognize that the OL play is not good, be it from injury, reshuffling, attrition, depth, or scheme......no problem. No need to look sideways or the other way when you watch the OL play.......including pass protection.

 

[Cowboy from New York]

I was surprised at how often the left Davis in for pass protection.

 

[Rayman70]

I will say this , the Titans make everyone play ugly. Its their style. Its back-alley brawl style. They forced us to play their brand of ball and they do this nearly each week. SOMETIMES its ok to credit the other team for a great effort. This is the NFL guys. We still won by 14, beating the point spread by 1. We did our jobs, even if ugly. We TCB.

 

[Cmac]

And 10 more than TPollard. Let's cut to the chase......Give TPollard the rock, if there is concern on the board. Is Zeke holding Air Coryell Jr hostage? Give TPollard the carries and let Malik Davis be RB2. Let's get to the bottom of it.

 

[Rayman70]

No one is slighting TPollard.....he is a valued member to this team, without question. I am just baffled simply by the dismissal of OL play that points to or hoisted solely upon Zeke. If you don't want to recognize that the OL play is not good, be it from injury, reshuffling, attrition, depth, or scheme......no problem. No need to look sideways or the other way when you watch the OL play.......including pass protection.

I agree but we still won by 14. The sign of a great team is when u play poorly yet still get the win pulling away. In the NFL, that is a great sign. Maybe its our year, destiny. Every team us hurt and banged up fairly bad right now. We are getting it done.

 

[Creeper]

When you watch the way the Titans line up and how their LBs challenge the gaps you can see why they are good against the run. The Cowboys should have run more play action on first downs. But the receivers have to catch the ball and Dak needs to make good decisions.

 

[Rayman70]

if this game last night was in Dallas, we score 40. Getting a road win by double digits is impressive in December,especially on a very short week if u factor in travel etc.. I bet we had 1 day at most, of added practice.

 

[Rayman70]

When you watch the way the Titans line up and how their LBs challenge the gaps you can see why they are good against the run. The Cowboys should have run more play action on first downs. But the receivers have to catch the ball and Dak needs to make good decisions.

Agree, KM did Dak 0 favors.

 

[Rayman70]

When you watch the way the Titans line up and how their LBs challenge the gaps you can see why they are good against the run. The Cowboys should have run more play action on first downs. But the receivers have to catch the ball and Dak needs to make good decisions.

they are physical and gap disciplined. We arent defensively. We play hero ball and I think DQ gets too cute at times & magnifies these issues. I rather see a simplified plan/scheme by DQ during these next few games.

 

[Runwildboys]

LOL so now we deduct long runs? When people would do that with Elliott to show how he was largely ineffective in a game, people argued you can’t do that.

Fact is our run gane is decent, at best. But Elliott is just a regular back in this league at this point. There’s nothing special about him. He’s just a tough runner at this point.

I think his point is that Davis got the one play where the O-line opened a decent hole. Most of Zeke's night was running into a wall.

 

[Runwildboys]

The blocking was poor. But, how did Zeke look to y'all? Are y'all saying he didn't look good only because of the blocking?

He fought for yards when there were yards to be had, from what I saw.

 

[Runwildboys]

There might be one fullback in the NFL making over 1.5 million per year. Fullbacks don't see the field and have almost no value. Zeke can't run and is worthless a receiver.

He's been targeted 21 times with passes and netted only 92 yards. Don't think any other high-usage RB in the league is so useless as a receiver.

Just need to say goodbye. 7-season old running backs are toast 98% of the time, as is Zeke.

Aren't the majority of Zeke's catches behind the LoS, and often just an attempt to get something out of nothing?

 

[MyFairLady]

Zeke is in danger of dropping below 4 YPC for the season. His career stats continue to drop. If he plays again next year and his trend continues he will be one of the least efficient players in history. We seriously need to move on. It is crazy that this is still a conversation.

 

[Rayman70]

in years passed we lose games like this routinely. Thats a fact. Clearly we are learning how to win these ugly games.