There are two elements to running the football - making yards/tds, and ball security. Ball security should be pretty much an unconscious thing, it's just drilled into you long enough that you don't really think about it during a game. You're focused on making plays. But if you have to make it more of a conscious thing, it affects your running. Everybody runs better with the ball tucked into the crook of one arm, leaving the other arm free to swing to balance your body, make stiff arms, etc. If you have to have both arms around the ball, you're not going to be quite effective in actually running. I suspect that's part of the cause of some of Elliot's lack of production, and also why he had the 103 yard game at Minnesota. He got to where he didn't think about ball security so much. Have to wonder now if the latest fumble will set him back.
In any case, his fumbles are not the biggest reason we're dead last in the NFC East. He could have had zero fumbles and it might have resulted in one more win. Maybe.
This year is a wash, plenty of blame to go around, Zeke gets more than his share imho, and it's largely due to his salary, which is silly, because signing a big contract doesn't make you a better runner. It can make you worse, but there's no way to tell if that's the case with Zeke, we're not on the team, not in meetings, not living next door to Zeke, not personal friends with him. To say he's not trying, or has lost a step, or has a bad attitude is pure conjecture. If that's your opinion, fine, but we don't all have to agree with it...