ABQCOWBOY
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It is true there's less backs carrying the ball 300+ times a season. In the 90s really up until the 10s we sometimes saw 10+ backs do it, while today its 1 or 2 at most. However, the fundamentals of the running game aren't much different, teams just do it less often. However, when teams play the Cowboys they know Zeke will get a lot of runs and just like Emmitt teams game plan against the Cowboys to stop the run.
I don't think it's a stretch to compare Emmitt and Zeke's career starts. Regardless I think Emmitt's is better.
It's totally different. You don't have Safeties playing as close to the LOS and you don't have guys like Roy Williams roaming the secondary to punish you. LBs aren't the same. It's just not the same.
But as I said, you can't stop people from comparing the two, even though it's not fair to either one of them, so I guess I will wish you guys luck.