Pollard doesn't believe he was really back from injury until midseason

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teams that struggle rushing, almost NEVER win down the stretch and then the playoffs.
 

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We are all aware of the horrible start to the season. McCarthy ran the preseason offense playbook. Now with the new offense and Pollard healthy things are improving. That being said...........

The Cowboys are currently 12th in the league at rushing. Clearly the Cowboys do not have a rushing problem.
Rated 12th in the league is a rushing problem.
 

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Dallas has had ONE 100yd rusher in the last 21 games (Last was Week 3 vs ARI)

It's not just Pollard... this team has a rushing problem. And it makes things harder for Dak and the OLine.

I'd LOVE LOVE to see a shift in scheme even now at this point of the season

If he's healthy, he needs to prove it and run hard and scare defenses
Yes we need the Pollard of old so we can run the ball and control the clock. He has the skills but has looked mostly gimpy since his injury. I hope he is fully healthy and ready for battle on Sunday.
 

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Pollard’s foot was literally turned around and pointing the wrong direction just a few months ago. And dude is still having a better season than Zeke.
 

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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard said Thursday that, at start of season, he was still working through his January leg fracture more than he realized. On where leg is now: "I would say it's a night and day difference. You think you're good. You think you're all the way back until you're actually out there making plays, full speed, feeling it. Once you get a feel for it and get your feet under you, then you start to realize, 'Oh, so I may have lost a little right there.' But I'm picking it back up."

Believes he really moved past injury "halfway through the season, a little bit after the bye week, something like that. I started to feel like I was starting to get into the groove of things."

Run Tony run
 

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He has one game w/ 100+ yards all season.

When's he back?
Unless he breaks a long one (which means he needs blocking downfield) he won't get enough carries for a 100 yard game.

He wasn't drafted to be a bell cow.
 

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Rated 12th in the league is a rushing problem.
Not in a pass first offense. Also consider the preseason playbook they ran until the bye week. That killed everyone's stats. Remember when Lamb wasn't a WR1 and Cooks was a wasted trade? Yeah good times.
 

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I questioned his return the entire off season. I was told he will be fine. You can suggest this is the same situation for Steele.

This isn't Madden.
 

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He's been hitting the holes faster and I think I see him cutting better too. It makes sense.

Nobody can suffer that kind of injury and not have it linger in your mind. Pollard has reached the point where he's no longer thinking about it.
 

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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard said Thursday that, at start of season, he was still working through his January leg fracture more than he realized. On where leg is now: "I would say it's a night and day difference. You think you're good. You think you're all the way back until you're actually out there making plays, full speed, feeling it. Once you get a feel for it and get your feet under you, then you start to realize, 'Oh, so I may have lost a little right there.' But I'm picking it back up."

Believes he really moved past injury "halfway through the season, a little bit after the bye week, something like that. I started to feel like I was starting to get into the groove of things."

And yet. The FO does nothing to help the issue and trots him out there for weeks as the lead back. Similar to Gallup last season.
 

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Instead of harder for the OL......wouldn't OL be part of the problem too?
Of course!!

The O line was the main problem!!!

Dowdle and Pollard were getting blown up at the LOS consistently earlier in the year. That was on the O line!!!!
 

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His longest run is…

31 yds.

5 TDs

Not bad for $10 million. Not.

He’s gone after the season, unless he takes a huge pay cut.

He’s UFA anyway.
 

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This correlates with what I've noticed. Hopefully it translates
Which is interesting because many of us have been pointing at the line. Pollard himself acknowledging he hasn't been the same, kind of paints the picture it may have had more to do with his lack of burst. He has looked noticeably better. It's one of the reasons I had been optimistic. In the past our run game disappeared towards the end of the season. This year it seems to be improving.
 

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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard said Thursday that, at start of season, he was still working through his January leg fracture more than he realized. On where leg is now: "I would say it's a night and day difference. You think you're good. You think you're all the way back until you're actually out there making plays, full speed, feeling it. Once you get a feel for it and get your feet under you, then you start to realize, 'Oh, so I may have lost a little right there.' But I'm picking it back up."

Believes he really moved past injury "halfway through the season, a little bit after the bye week, something like that. I started to feel like I was starting to get into the groove of things."

What's interesting is his only 2 td game and only 100 yard game came in 2 out of the first 3 games.
 

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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard said Thursday that, at start of season, he was still working through his January leg fracture more than he realized. On where leg is now: "I would say it's a night and day difference. You think you're good. You think you're all the way back until you're actually out there making plays, full speed, feeling it. Once you get a feel for it and get your feet under you, then you start to realize, 'Oh, so I may have lost a little right there.' But I'm picking it back up."

Believes he really moved past injury "halfway through the season, a little bit after the bye week, something like that. I started to feel like I was starting to get into the groove of things."

Makes sense when one looks at Tony Pollard's performance on the field every week. He most definitely started looking like the Tony Pollard of old after the halfway mark this season.
 

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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard said Thursday that, at start of season, he was still working through his January leg fracture more than he realized. On where leg is now: "I would say it's a night and day difference. You think you're good. You think you're all the way back until you're actually out there making plays, full speed, feeling it. Once you get a feel for it and get your feet under you, then you start to realize, 'Oh, so I may have lost a little right there.' But I'm picking it back up."

Believes he really moved past injury "halfway through the season, a little bit after the bye week, something like that. I started to feel like I was starting to get into the groove of things."

I think it looked that way to all of us.

We've seen a lot of these. Gotta learn that "will be ready to start next season" usually doesn't mean "will be himself when he starts the season". Especially when you're thinking of franchising a player.
 

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Cowboys RB Tony Pollard said Thursday that, at start of season, he was still working through his January leg fracture more than he realized. On where leg is now: "I would say it's a night and day difference. You think you're good. You think you're all the way back until you're actually out there making plays, full speed, feeling it. Once you get a feel for it and get your feet under you, then you start to realize, 'Oh, so I may have lost a little right there.' But I'm picking it back up."

Believes he really moved past injury "halfway through the season, a little bit after the bye week, something like that. I started to feel like I was starting to get into the groove of things."

Wait…that’s not what the Jones boys said this past summer. Who are we to believe?
 
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