What kind of season will Pollard have?

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receiving yards? Backs catch too you know. I would also expect more TD's without Zeke steeling the from inside the 3.
Cant really give an estimate with a new offense. Its easier to give a rushing yard estimate, but I have no clue of the kind of passing game usuage the HB's will have
 

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Cant really give an estimate with a new offense. Its easier to give a rushing yard estimate, but I have no clue of the kind of passing game usuage the HB's will have
Well you can look at what Pollard did this year while being poorly used in the passing game and surmise that he will probably be used at least a little more this year in the passing game.
 

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Yes we have to factor in the injury, but this season he'll be the top man out there. People tend to not give Tony the credit he deserves because he's a speed back. Let me remind you of how hard he runs, and how he's tough to bring down at times. I'm not saying he's Brandon Jacobs, but he can deliver some pop and can be hard to take down.

I think he's insulted at the fact that someone would see him as a guy who can't take hits, which is why he finger finishes them well. Not all will agree, that's fine. I think he's proven himself worthy of taking over. Now that amount of carries he gets should be monitored.

The game he had a lot of carries in, he said he was gassed. But that's where the running back by committee will be supreme! Please give your thoughts on what you're expecting from Pollard this season!

I think Aaron Jones, Jamal Williams with TP being the former. He's going to be busy both in the air and on the ground. Should be an excellent year for him. Now to find a Jamal Williams...
 

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My hope is we add a RB and use pollard, when healthy, much like SF used CMC. They ran him about 14 times a game and gave him 6-8 targets in the passing game. Pollard is a playmaker, just get the ball in his hand in space and he will make plays
One can only hope
 

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Cant really give an estimate with a new offense. Its easier to give a rushing yard estimate, but I have no clue of the kind of passing game usuage the HB's will have
I can’t believe y’all are buying into this new offense thing. Nothing will change.
 

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figured Cowboy Roy would be in here being insufferable, nailed it. Barring injury, and depending on who they draft, I feel like he should have around 1500 all purpose yards
 

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Yes we have to factor in the injury, but this season he'll be the top man out there. People tend to not give Tony the credit he deserves because he's a speed back. Let me remind you of how hard he runs, and how he's tough to bring down at times. I'm not saying he's Brandon Jacobs, but he can deliver some pop and can be hard to take down.

I think he's insulted at the fact that someone would see him as a guy who can't take hits, which is why he finger finishes them well. Not all will agree, that's fine. I think he's proven himself worthy of taking over. Now that amount of carries he gets should be monitored.

The game he had a lot of carries in, he said he was gassed. But that's where the running back by committee will be supreme! Please give your thoughts on what you're expecting from Pollard this season!
If your top RB is getting gassed in those situations he should not be your top RB.
it will be just another stupid decision by the FO to think otherwise. This could come back and bit them in the rear.
 

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I don’t care he just needs to be on the field more and given the ball in space.

You don’t have to cram him between the tackles because the guy is one of the best open field runners in all of football.

Throw it to him and let him work. He should get 7 check down receptions a game. He’s scary good with the ball.
Nobody can "cram between the tackles" on this team. Not even Pollard. He had to "showcase his speed to the outside"...because our interior blocking SU------ UUCKED.

Power runners rely on it. Change of pace rbs can skirt it. Neither is good for us. We have to fix it. Teams NEED interior run blocks ...holes.

I used to say we NEVER get an o lineman out to look for pancakes. I was wrong. We SELDOM get an o lineman out to look for pancakes. We need that to happen more often. Even for Tony.
 

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I think having to have Tight Rope Ligament Surgery/fractured tibia is going to hard to recover from to the point he was last year prior to surgery. Although it is a good procedure with good results. Dallas needs some back ups just in case.
 
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If the Cowboys were to draft Robinson it could be a real down year for Pollard. He would likely go back to being used how he was before Zeke’s decline. Robinson would definitely take some carries away from Pollard.
 

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I think having to have Tight Rope Ligament Surgery/fractured tibia is going to hard to recover from to the point he was last year prior to surgery. Although it is a good procedure with good results. Dallas needs some back ups just in case.
We should have 3 backs that can get good production off given the volume.

These guys are a dime a dozen.
 
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