Playing running back is THE most physically-demanding job in football. Emmitt said that one game is like going through 15 car wrecks in one day. No one in the NFL has touched the ball more in the last four years than Ezekiel Elliott. He is gaining yards at a Hall-of-Fame pace (which literally only 1-2 guys in history have ever bettered), and has never missed a game to injury.
When you look at the massive amount of game-time missed by the likes of Todd Gurley, Leonard Fournette, Saquon Barkley, Dalvin Cook, Devonte Freeman —or really, just about every other professional running back, on fantastically fewer touches— to b!tch about Zeke taking himself out of a game every now & then (perhaps for fatigue, or perhaps to deal with an injury he inevitably comes back on the field to play through) is a demonstration that many (most?) football fans don’t have a dynamic understanding of the game or the magnitude of Zeke’s accomplishments from an historical perspective.
This dude is rare, and for more than productivity alone. They say the best ability is availability. When you combine that with All-Pro talent, you get a Hall-of-Famer...