Twitter: McCarthy: Zeke Elliott and Tony Pollard are considered tandem

[Dallasfann]

Did he follow this up with "excuse me, Jerry is buzzing me to come to his office"?

Great contribution to the thread. Thank you.

 

[jazzcat22]

A 60/40 split will not make Zeke an effective runner. Personally, I think Zeke is done, the carries have taken a toll on his body, but let's look at his career.
Zeke's best seasons came in 2016, 2018, and 2019, those years he averaged 4.5 ypc or better, he also averaged 309 carries those 3 seasons which is about 18 carries a game.
Zeke's least effective seasons were 2017, 2020, and 2021. His ypc those seasons were 4.1, 4, and 4.2. He averaged 241 carries those seasons. I don't think Zeke can handle 300 plus carries anymore, but he's not all that effective at around 250 carries either.

Those 4.1 and 4.2 YPC are still not horrible. Just as not as good as his other seasons.
I will wait to see how he does this year before I write him off.

 

[jwitten82]

Those 4.1 and 4.2 YPC are still not horrible. Just as not as good as his other seasons.
I will wait to see how he does this year before I write him off.

Those type of numbers from your starting RB and the RB that Jerry says he wants to lean on are pretty. You can get that type of production from almost any back in the league

 

[JoeKing]

I think some seem to be equating tandem with tag team. A tag team is where only one member competes at a time. A tandem works together. A good example is horsing pulling a wagon. There are horses in front and horses right behind them, but they are working at the same time together to pull the wagon.

I think the key to the tandem talk is in that first tweet: A more concerted effort to have them share the field.

Now I don't know what to think about what McCarthy said. More than one way to translate what he means. We've seen Pollard and Zeke on the field at the same time. So working together is nothing new.

 

[aikemirv]

That’s the problem! That contract will continue to dictate touches no matter what Mike is saying here!

The money is spent - no reason to look at it that way. Just do wat helps the team win at this point.

 

[links18]

Seems like I've heard the get Zeke and Pollard on the field together rhetoric several years running now. Just do it and shut up about it. Oh, and Mike aren't you supposed to be working on reducing penalties? How is that going?

 

[jazzcat22]

Those type of numbers from your starting RB and the RB that Jerry says he wants to lean on are pretty. You can get that type of production from almost any back in the league

As I said, I will wait to see how they are used, and how Zeke, as well as Tony does.
Disagree about any RB in the league. That is absurd, splitting carries or not. There is only a handful of teams that would not take Zeke over their current RB. And quite a few would swap them out.
I don't think you can say that about them swapping Pollard.

 

[jazzcat22]

Those type of numbers from your starting RB and the RB that Jerry says he wants to lean on are pretty. You can get that type of production from almost any back in the league

Well, I guess you could mean you can get that production from any RB in the league in replacing Pollard.

 

[Mr_437]

They see Zeke n Pollard as a tandem??? Since when? Show us then!

 

[john van brocklin]

Did Jerry approve of this message?

 

[CTcowboy203]

Sounds good in a sound bite….now lets see how it looks on the field if it actually happens

 

[Cmac]

......and apparently, somebody likes our current WR group and OL too.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

I drafted Zeke in the 3rd round in my FF league. Hopefully he goes ape shoot.......

 

[Blast From The Past]

Use both but go with whoever has the hot hand that game the most without setting it in stone going forward. Just game to game. Figure it out Kellen Moore as it is your job to make it work.

 

[Xeven]

Pollard is riUnning for his bank account this year. He will do really well.

 

[BHendri5]

I hope they let Pollard go after this season and not try to pay him and draft a RB that is actually a RB1 to take over for Zeke a true RB1 to take over for a RB1. Pollard is a RB2/3. Zeke has at least 2 more years after this season, because they started limiting his carries, trying to pass the ball more

 

[kumizi]

He’s coaching for his job. Would be stupid to give Zeke the majority of snaps.

 

[kumizi]

I hope they let Pollard go after this season and not try to pay him and draft a RB that is actually a RB1 to take over for Zeke a true RB1 to take over for a RB1. Pollard is a RB2/3. Zeke has at least 2 more years after this season, because they started limiting his carries, trying to pass the ball more

Yea and the Earth is only 6000 years old.

 

[DuncanIso]

Pollard is UFA after the season.

No way they pay TP when they have Zeke.

 

[Maxmadden]

Yea and the Earth is only 6000 years old.

Yeah, and it's flat too.

I can drive down the road to the Paluxy River and see dinosaur tracks in the riverbed that are as old as 65 million years. But nobody today has time to even stop and think about how long 65 million years is, it just hurts there brain. Sort of like how to imagine how to spend Jerry's 8 Billion dollars.

So I am with you, I think a 6000 year old Planet Earth is perfect for the masses.

Just keep it simple.