Who remembers Tony Pollard?

[beware_d-ware]

Pollard's a dude I love. He came into the league as a Day 3 unpolished ball of explosion, and developed himself into a complete RB. He can run inside, run outside, catch, and pass block. He's still cranking out 1,000 yard seasons, even after losing his athletic top gear to injury, even on a godawful Titans team that's not giving him any help. Pro's pro type of player.

 

[Hardline]

Not only do I remember Tony Pollard, I also remember Rico Dowdle.

 

[plasticman]

RB depth was a Dallas Cowboys staple.

Three of the four 1st round picks from 1969 thru 1972 were RBs. In fact, they used both their 1st and 2nd picks in the 1972 draft on RBs.

After the Cowboys acquired Tony Dorsett, they still had guys like Robert Newhouse. Then in the mid-80s it was Tony Dorsett paired with Herschel Walker.

It's a different league now, but not so different that you can just ignore the position for years and use minimum-wage rookie free agents as backups.

It was downright tragic that Pollard's emergence coincided with Zeke Elliot's deterioration.

 

[diamonddelts]

Tony Dorsett Lite