Zeke 3rd and short nobody is better!

[MikeT22]

He was playing on a bad NE team that had crap at QB. I’m not saying Zeke was great but they showed him pushing a few piles last season. Gaining 642 rushing yards with 3 TDs to go along with 51 catches for just over 300 yards and 2 TDs isn’t terrible. If Dowdle was that good he would have gotten a lot more opportunities. If we bang him between the tackles all day he’ll be worn down by mid season. You honestly believe Zeke won’t help us any? You would rather go with Dowdle, Vaughn and Davis? I can’t think of a worse threesome than that.

I honestly would’ve preferred we signed or drafted someone better than the retreads/never-has-beens that we currently have at RB.

 

[diamonddelts]

The fact is Zeke is a below average running back at this point in his career. It's crazy how easily people forget that it almost always felt like a wasted down when he got the ball anywhere outside the goaline the last time he was here.

Amen

 

[jwitten82]

He was playing on a bad NE team that had crap at QB. I’m not saying Zeke was great but they showed him pushing a few piles last season. Gaining 642 rushing yards with 3 TDs to go along with 51 catches for just over 300 yards and 2 TDs isn’t terrible. If Dowdle was that good he would have gotten a lot more opportunities. If we bang him between the tackles all day he’ll be worn down by mid season. You honestly believe Zeke won’t help us any? You would rather go with Dowdle, Vaughn and Davis? I can’t think of a worse threesome than that.

I think if given the opportunity then yea Dowdle can surpass Zekes production. Dowdle had two rush tds and two receiving tds. Dowdle had 505 yards with a total of 105 touches. Zeke had 955 yards on 235 carries. If given the touches Zeke had, i have no doubt Dowdle can match Zekes horrible season

 

[KJJ]

I think if given the opportunity then yea Dowdle can surpass Zekes production. Dowdle had two rush tds and two receiving tds. Dowdle had 505 yards with a total of 105 touches. Zeke had 955 yards on 235 carries. If given the touches Zeke had, i have no doubt Dowdle can match Zekes horrible season

He wasn’t given the opportunity because he’s an average back. We have no choice but to give him more opportunities this season and if we have to over use him he’ll wear down. He had fresh legs last season. Once we started banging Pollard between the tackles with more carries he wore down and wasn’t as good. Fans started turning against him which I predicted they would once he was the starter. Now some want Dowdle carrying the load because he was kept fresh. Let’s not forget the blocking Zeke brings. I’ll ask again you don’t think Zeke will provide any help? Sorry, but if his season was “horrible” he wouldn’t be here.

 

[diamonddelts]

He wasn’t given the opportunity because he’s an average back. We have no choice but to give him more opportunities this season and if we have to over use him he’ll wear down. He had fresh legs last season. Once we started banging Pollard between the tackles with more carries he wore down and wasn’t as good. Fans started turning against him which I predicted they would once he was the starter. Now some want Dowdle carrying the load because he was kept fresh. Let’s not forget the blocking Zeke brings.

Ivory springs washed retread. Three inches and a cloud of dust.

 

[Mk2_Cowboys]

Let’s get real, and I absolutely love Zeke , food, fame and money…the good life, has taken a toll not hits. If he summoned the spirit of an OJ Anderson or even an Adrian Peterson at the same stage in his career hed be a 1000 yard back with 50+ receptions easy. Let’s hope he does this.

 

[jwitten82]

He wasn’t given the opportunity because he’s an average back. We have no choice but to give him more opportunities this season and if we have to over use him he’ll wear down. He had fresh legs last season. Once we started banging Pollard between the tackles with more carries he wore down and wasn’t as good. Fans started turning against him which I predicted they would once he was the starter. Now some want Dowdle carrying the load because he was kept fresh. Let’s not forget the blocking Zeke brings. I’ll ask again you don’t think Zeke will provide any help? Sorry, but if his season was “horrible” he wouldn’t be here.

Nobody wants Dowdle carrying the load, but he's just a better option than Zeke at this point. No matter who starts, I think our running game will struggle, but Dowdle might give us more production. And lol you really think Zeke being here means anything. This the same organization that struggled to let Jaylon Smith go. Zeke being cool with Jerry and Dak has a lot to do with him here

 

[KJJ]

Nobody wants Dowdle carrying the load, but he's just a better option than Zeke at this point. No matter who starts, I think our running game will struggle, but Dowdle might give us more production. And lol you really think Zeke being here means anything. This the same organization that struggled to let Jaylon Smith go. Zeke being cool with Jerry and Dak has a lot to do with him here

Dowdle hasn’t proven to be a better option. Zeke is here because our RB situation stinks. I’ll ask you for the third time. You don’t think Zeke will provide any help?

 

[jwitten82]

Dowdle hasn’t proven to be a better option. Zeke is here because our RB situation stinks. I’ll ask you for the third time. You don’t think Zeke will provide any help?

Zeke provides less help Dowdle. Any carry outside the goaline is a wasted down. How quickly people forget

 

[KJJ]

Zeke provides less help Dowdle. Any carry outside the goaline is a wasted down. How quickly people forget

Zeke is a better blocker and can still squeeze out a critical yard. You sound like you’re all in on Dowdle. Lol

 

[jwitten82]

Zeke is a better blocker and can still squeeze out a critical yard. You sound like you’re all in on Dowdle. Lol

Nope, just realistic on Zeke. Keep rocking his Jersey though lol

 

[blueblood70]

Zeke is a better blocker and can still squeeze out a critical yard. You sound like you’re all in on Dowdle. Lol

I agree Mr. fake Whitten needs to use his eyes a little more and yes I think Rico dowdell would have easily been as good as Tony Pollard last year if he gave was given the carries but he's not gonna be better than zeke he can offer you similar things then zeke and that's why you have them share the load and try to work do spawn in as the **** back you know get them runs outside use Turpin a little bit more get creative to get the speed out of your run game but I would take zeke over Rico barely but people using words like horrible for the season that zeke finished on one leg they have 900 yards at 12 touchdowns that's considered horrible huh you might wanna go look at the entire season even last year and see where that 900 yard mark starts coming into play on the first page when running backs are sharing the rock they're not blowing the league up in stats I mean Tony Pollard was our starter and barely broke 1000 yards and he only had six touchdowns and he was the lead back... So while our run game isn't great it's being exaggerated how bad it is I mean if it's secretly that's a bad year for him maybe but not for the league I mean he had 3.9 yards per carry that's naughty harris's entire career that's exactly the type of stuff Eddie George would put out literally the stuff being said sometimes in here makes my head numb...

No zeke cannot carry the load anymore no zeke's not gonna give you any spectacular plays but if you look at his highlights even with New England last year and the two first half of 2021 and 2022 before the injury he has plenty to offer as a role player splitting carries with another back or two at the price he's at now he's worth it..IMHO

 

[KJJ]

Nope, just realistic on Zeke. Keep rocking his Jersey though lol

You’re being realistic? You’re saying a back that had 900 all purpose yards with 5 TDs last season for a bad team won’t provide any help. You should start up a Rico Dowdle fan club. Lol

 

[Kingofholland]

I joked about the reunion long before it actually happened. However, I don't hate the move, they needed another RB in the room, Zeke knows the offense, showed some effectivness in the run game last year and was solid as a pass blocker/receiving outlet in a terrible Patriots offense. Pro football reference listed his rushing success rate at 45.1% last year vs his peak of 55.3% his rookie year. Not a game changer or a game breaker, but he probably has a little to give as part of a committee/fringe starter.

We missed the boat in adding a rookie to the room, but hopefully the RB room can surprise and atleast be an average one. The home run hit is going to have to come from Vaughn or Rico, or someone we don't know about yet.Then again Zeke almost had the 2nd longest play of his career last year, haha

 

[KJJ]

I joked about the reunion long before it actually happened. However, I don't hate the move, they needed another RB in the room, Zeke knows the offense, showed some effectivness in the run game last year and was solid as a pass blocker/receiving outlet in a terrible Patriots offense. Pro football reference listed his rushing success rate at 45.1% last year vs his peak of 55.3% his rookie year. Not a game changer or a game breaker, but he probably has a little to give as part of a committee/fringe starter.

We missed the boat in adding a rookie to the room, but hopefully the RB room can surprise and atleast be an average one. The home run hit is going to have to come from Vaughn or Rico, or someone we don't know about yet.Then again Zeke almost had the 2nd longest play of his career last year, haha

His biggest play of the season a 77 yard catch and run for a TD was negated. He looked like the Zeke of old on that play. He may not be what he was but his tank isn’t empty.

 

[Established1971]

You're the one that claimed people are "excited" (not true- I haven't seen ONE person "excited")...then insult me...by pretending to not insult me. Alright. It's cool. You didn't ruin my day like you think you did.

no I did not, I absolutely did not, read it again

 

[diamonddelts]

His biggest play of the season a 77 yard catch and run for a TD was negated. He looked like the Zeke of old on that play. He may not be what he was but his tank isn’t empty.

Zeke of old was much faster than that.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

no I did not, I absolutely did not, read it again

Fair enough. You didnt actually accuse anyone....my bad.
There was an insinuation that people are, and perplexed why your not? If they are perplexed you arent, they must be. Or else why be perplexed. Follow me?

At any rate...theres no reason to be excited. Theres also no valid reason to think he cant contribute to this team.

 

[HungryLion]

You’re being realistic? You’re saying a back that had 900 all purpose yards with 5 TDs last season for a bad team won’t provide any help. You should start up a Rico Dowdle fan club. Lol

Total yards isn’t a great measure. Efficiency is a better measure. Zeke is a very inefficient RB at this stage of his career. A lot of the time his Carries hurt the team more than help. Thats the concern.

If they use him for anything but short yardage/goal line it would be a detriment.

 

[KJJ]

Zeke of old was much faster than that.

I said he may not be what he was but his tank isn’t empty. He was fast enough to reach the endzone on that play.