Zeke: 700 yards after contact, leads league in 10 yard rushes

[Cowboy Brian]

Ezekiel Elliott is leading the NFL in yards after contact with nearly 700 rushing yards, which would be the ninth highest rushing yardage total in the league this year. Todd Gurley and Kareem Hunt are the only other players in the NFL with more than 600 yards after contact.

Elliott is second in the NFL to Gurley in first downs on the ground, but leads the NFL in rushes for more than 10 yards.

 

[Melonfeud]

Man,I seen him repeatedly driving FOREWARD with 2 to 4 defenders clinging onto him these last few games

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

He is finally the player we thought we were getting when we drafted him. Those 6 missed games last year and the affect they had on him is now very much in the past.

 

[CCBoy]

He's making some good decisions on the field. I appreciate him taking care of his quarterback on passing plays as well.

 

[Aviano90]

And he is doing that against stacked boxes with Dak as his QB and a worse offensive line?

Go figure. I thought 4.1 ypc in 2017 was supposed to be great and improvement from that wasn’t to be expected.

 

[Birch_Wood]

What a difference, when you have a force like Elliot at RB. And he actually blocks to.

 

[kapolani]

His blocking is huge. He's a complete back.

One of my favorite things about Emmitt was his ability to pick up the blitz.

 

[Jake]

How is this possible? I've read on this board, several times, that he's fat and slow?

 

[ItzKelz]

He is finally the player we thought we were getting when we drafted him. Those 6 missed games last year and the affect they had on him is now very much in the past.

Zeke has been this since day one. Led the NFL in yards after contact as a rookie.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Ezekiel Elliott is leading the NFL in yards after contact with nearly 700 rushing yards, which would be the ninth highest rushing yardage total in the league this year. Todd Gurley and Kareem Hunt are the only other players in the NFL with more than 600 yards after contact.

Elliott is second in the NFL to Gurley in first downs on the ground, but leads the NFL in rushes for more than 10 yards.

he is the key cog of cowboys offense. without him we struggle to get to 10 points.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

Zeke has been this since day one. Led the NFL in yards after contact as a rookie.

I was alluding more to blocking, receiving, consistency etc.. rather than his pure rushing numbers. He seems (hopefully) to have a more stable character now with his head fully in the game. Lessons learned?

 

[Hawkeye19]

Zeke is a beast. He is tough as nails— but is taking a pounding. Glad the team gets 10 days off between NO and Philly

 

[ItzKelz]

I was alluding more to blocking, receiving, consistency etc.. rather than his pure rushing numbers. He seems (hopefully) to have a more stable character now with his head fully in the game. Lessons learned?

Great blocker as a rookie. Still not a great route runner as a receiver but still excellent in the screen game as he was a rookie. I believe since he has came into the NFL has the most 100 yard games despite missing 6 games.....pretty consistent. Definitely averaging the most yards per game since he came into the NFL.....pretty consistent.

 

[Carson]

I heard he was fat, slow and didn’t care about football?

 

[Falco78]

Zeke is a complete beast one of my good friends is an Iggles fan (yes I need better friends) and he is always going on about how he wishes they had Zeke

 

[dragon_mikal]

He is finally the player we thought we were getting when we drafted him. Those 6 missed games last year and the affect they had on him is now very much in the past.

He was the player we drafted the minute he stepped on the field.

He’s a beast pure and simple. Always has been.

 

[aikemirv]

He is finally the player we thought we were getting when we drafted him. Those 6 missed games last year and the affect they had on him is now very much in the past.

Finally, where were you in 2016?

 

[Awakened]

Dude is strong as a horse. Did you notice how easily he picked up Dak and put him in that bucket??

 

[Aviano90]

I heard he was fat, slow and didn’t care about football?

His numbers seem to indicate the people saying that last year were pretty accurate.

 

[Established1971]

Ezekiel Elliott is leading the NFL in yards after contact with nearly 700 rushing yards, which would be the ninth highest rushing yardage total in the league this year. Todd Gurley and Kareem Hunt are the only other players in the NFL with more than 600 yards after contact.

Elliott is second in the NFL to Gurley in first downs on the ground, but leads the NFL in rushes for more than 10 yards.

gee those other guys are on heavy passing teams, meaning Zeke does it despite the D expecting it