blueblood70
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No that would be emmitt versus Tony...Prime Zeke for sure!! But, can we choose Emmitt instead?
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Murray or Elliott
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Murray's prime was that long either.
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Dorsett had that "juke and go" along with speed. He was very entertaining to watch. Emmitt was patient, and knew how to find those holes for big gains. Emmitt's longevity made him great and being the all-time NFL rushing leader gives him the edge.
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that's why this is interesting if you look at the yards per game and the yards per rush for the some of the top backs in Dallas cowboy history the elliott's name is up there he's right in the mix and people I think have taking what he's done because it's suspension and some of his the way he dresses that nose ring the hair and they pretty much downgraded them for no real reason this man was one of the best running backs in college and the pros even if it was a short career... I mean I really don't understand the hate if you look at some of the guys who made the Hall of Fame on sheer potential that were injured and never had the career they were supposed to but somehow ended up in the Hall of Fame
umm like Gale Sayers for instance had a very short career because of injuries and whatnot he made the whole of fame with some average numbers by today's standards.. So we're holding against them because they only had a really short prime I'm pretty sure most running backs had a short prime except for Emmitt Smith and maybe a handful of guys recently that were trying to catch him it's very hard for a running back to have a long crime especially one that's overused in college... They used up Ezekiel Elliott at Ohio State and he still came in and had four to five really good years here...
And by the way if you really want a tiebreaker Murray versus Elliott look at the touchdowns it's not even close so we have a back that can score a lot of touchdowns has really good yardage great blocker that's why I'm taking Elliot over Murray every time...
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Oh, for sure. I like Elliott, and would take him over Murray any day, prime or not.
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Zeke and it's not even close.
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Positive like what long speed maybe but he has 49 career touchdowns and zekiel Elliott 71 and that's just rushing touchdowns.. And as Cowboys careers go it's not even close Elliott on the all time list is 3 and Murray's way down there he didn't stay here long enough.. But even as a career Elliott has 2000 more yards and counting... He had way more big years and all this explosive you guys just think about a handful of plays and that one great year he only played seven years and four of them were under 900 yards so in my opinion the dude was underachieving compared to his real talent he should have had a lot more yards and touchdowns he didn't he added the fumbles Elliott hands down should be everyone's choice if they keep perspective... Elliott's career he has numbers that stack up against some of the Hall of Fame running backs Murray falls short of that he didn't do it consistently enough Elliott did it right out-of-the-box back-to-back 1800 yards and college has one of the best fit all time best rookie production from a running back it would have had three straight rushing crowns out of College in the pros had it not been for suspension and even during the year he was suspended he led the league in yards per game...
I realize people will pick who they want to pick but I don't think there's much debate even though there's a maybe a small gap both did really good things here but Elliott was better in just about every category... I mean is it your eye even had more receiving yards and twice as many receiving touchdowns I think people's memories are skewed because they didn't like the man I mean Elliott had his warts because of his suspension and his nose ring and all the rumors that he was out of shape and not ready well that's odd because he outproduced a guy that allegedly might have been in better shape... Most of those narratives were all wrong Elliott was an explosive power back he was big strong physical and so we didn't have the long speed especially as he got older but he was also dynamic absolute elite in college and his first four years in the pros it's one of the best six year stretches you're gonna get and I say the man is being condemned for his personality and the alleged narratives that he had..
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I think murray should have been worrying about holding onto the ball more, but Peppers did make a real play there
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would have been something to see. But que sera sera
The o line was monstrous for such a short time
thing is we never had had it all together since the triplets and even then it was really only 4 years. and the team was fading by the last SB
That is what makes what the Pats did for nearly 20 years so astounding. They kept replacing piece after piece and still always in the hunt for the SB
Brady was important but it was BB that did that. Brady showed that once he no longer had the team he was not going to win it all again; his last year showed that
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Elliott. Murray had trouble staying healthy, even in his prime. It's probably one of the main reasons the Joneses didn't back the Brinks truck up to his driveway like they did for Elliott.
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When Murray got going in 2013-2014, I would probably prefer that running style of the 2 players. That's just my personal preference. And take nothing away from Zeke's college and early pro career. He was outstanding.
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I enjoyed Barber more than any other Cowboys RB since Emmitt. I knew we had a special player from the first game Parcells played him as a rookie, I believe against the Cardinals.
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Zeke.
Murray always ran dragging his feet and carried the football like a loaf of bread, hence why he was stripped often into fumbling the football.
Murray always ran dragging his feet and carried the football like a loaf of bread, hence why he was stripped often into fumbling the football.
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If you say Murray, log off this site. Football isnt for you
Rookie Zeke is one of the best backs to ever suit up for this team. Wouldve broke Dickerson’s record if Garrett had a pair
Rookie Zeke is one of the best backs to ever suit up for this team. Wouldve broke Dickerson’s record if Garrett had a pair
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Zeke hands down
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LOL I get it. I just enjoyed watching Murray's running style of the two. But yes, Zeke was historically great early on. The whole suspension thing sucked in Year 2.