{"id":11030,"date":"2022-11-02T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T13:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/tony-pollard-not-ezekiel-elliot-should-be-dallas-cowboys-rb1\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T13:41:04","slug":"tony-pollard-not-ezekiel-elliot-needs-to-be-dallas-cowboys-rb1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/tony-pollard-not-ezekiel-elliot-needs-to-be-dallas-cowboys-rb1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Pollard, not Ezekiel Elliot needs to be Dallas Cowboys RB1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"3988\" data-height=\"2659\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliot\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:3988px\" data-alt=\"Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliot\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"getty\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliot\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Who needs to be the beginning RB for the Dallas Cowboys?<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM has-caption\">Image<!-- -->: <!-- -->Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/445c13566e0c6b0d0e2eb604b5447d37\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"3988\" data-height=\"2659\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliot\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Anybody who watches the Cowboys \u2014 HELL, anybody who watches soccer! \u2014 is aware of who one of the best operating again in Dallas is. It\u2019s not the previous No. 4 general decide getting paid $15 million a 12 months. It\u2019s 2019 fourth-round choice, Tony Pollard. Even previous to final Sunday\u2019s recreation, there\u2019d been shouting from Cowboys<!-- --> followers throughout the nation for change. In between incoherent cries of \u201cThis is our year!\u201d and \u201cWe dem boyz!\u201d have been utterances of Pollard\u2019s greatness. Everyone knew that with Ezekiel Elliott out, Pollard wouldn\u2019t simply shine, he\u2019d thrive. Boy, did he.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1586813584629194753&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1586813584629194753\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Pollard tied his profession finest in yards and broke into the top zone for a career-high three scores. He additionally added one reception for 16 yards. To put that in perspective, for the reason that begin of the 2019 season, Zeke has had solely two video games with that many or extra speeding yards. The most up-to-date of which got here on <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/boxscores\/202110030dal.htm&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/boxscores\/202110030dal.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oct. 3, 2020<\/a><\/span>, greater than two years in the past. It took Pollard one recreation to have a greater recreation than Zeke has had in over two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">WOW! Anyone of their proper thoughts would definitely make Pollard the crew\u2019s starter shifting ahead, proper? After all, the Cowboys are 6-2, simply 1.5-games again of the division-leading Philadelphia Eagles. Wouldn\u2019t they wish to put their literal finest foot ahead for the rest of the season?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1586817782318260225&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1586817782318260225\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-16 jvTtVq\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/go.linkby.com\/MZMFEDTB\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media could get a fee<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-3 hMBKyp creative-type-A\"><a category=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-1atgi65-4 dxZfFS js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/theres-no-universe-where-zeke-should-be-the-cowboys-rb1-1849731620&quot;],[&quot;ns:unique&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/deadspin.com\/theres-no-universe-where-zeke-should-be-the-cowboys-rb1-1849731620&quot;],[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/go.linkby.com\/MZMFEDTB&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/go.linkby.com\/MZMFEDTB\" data-linktype=\"[t|mod-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-6 gLSKws\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-10 hherpH js_lazy-image\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,q_80,w_320\/6b8bf2579c7a444181389c099e631aa6.png\" sizes=\"auto, 148px\" alt=\"Canadian Down &amp; Feather Company\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-15 jrXWJC\">\n<p>Cozy<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Down &amp; Feather Company<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-12 dRyRwx\">\n<p class=\"sc-1atgi65-13 iFlqWg\"><strong>Sleepy and ethical. <\/strong><br \/><span>The Canadian Down &amp; Feather Company can check a few people off your holiday shopping list: cozy connoisseurs or family who just needs better sleep. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Well, I guess not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Despite Pollard\u2019s incredible performance, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones seems insistent on keeping Elliott as the team\u2019s lead back. Now, you could say to yourself \u201cHe\u2019s the owner, not the coach. Does he really have any say?\u201d That\u2019s a legitimate question. Perhaps Mike McCarthy and company will opt to use Pollard more frequently moving forward against Jones\u2019 wishes. That said, Jones still has a lot of say in how the Cowboys operate and anything he says shouldn\u2019t be disregarded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The Cowboys are paying Elliott a lot of money, so it makes sense that they\u2019d want to continue using him at a high rate. What about next year though?<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Despite four years remaining on Zeke\u2019s contract after 2022, Dallas has an <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/ezekiel-elliott-18952\/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/ezekiel-elliott-18952\/\" goal=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">out<\/a><\/span> in-built after this season. The lifeless cap hit can be a tad below $12 million, however that\u2019s pennies in comparison with what it could\u2019ve been had the Cowboys lower Zeke previous to the 2022 season ($30,080,000). This opt-out was created in case of an emergency, in case Elliott was not wanted. Sure, the Cowboys would like to have a fantastic RB duo behind quarterback Dak Prescott, however $15 million a 12 months for an inefficient RB being outclassed by his backup? That\u2019s not value it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Could the Cowboys take the out and re-negotiate a brand new contract befitting of his new position shifting ahead? Absolutely! But I doubt Zeke would take to that very kindly. If Dallas opts out of the contract, I wouldn\u2019t be stunned if Zeke tries to discover a position elsewhere and results in the same state of affairs to what occurred with Le\u2019Veon Bell in 2018 \u2014 that&#8217;s, pondering a crew can be prepared to pay up for him, however nobody biting, then being pressured to play for much less cash than he would\u2019ve made below his new contract with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">There can also be an opportunity that the Cowboys don\u2019t decide out in any respect. This can be silly contemplating that Pollard\u2019s 9.31 yards per carry this previous Sunday are higher than something Elliott has executed for everything of his profession, however I wouldn\u2019t put it previous them. The argument might be made that Pollard\u2019s legs have been contemporary, having not been burdened by a workhorse again\u2019s workload for the primary seven weeks, however individuals stated the identical stuff about Austin Ekeler a number of years in the past \u2014 and now look the place Ekeler is. These are NFL athletes. They know how you can maintain in form (some individuals would say that Elliott doesn\u2019t, however I gained\u2019t go there), and so they know how you can modify to elevated workloads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Pollard is youthful, cheaper, and extra explosive than his backfield counterpart. He deserves the lead position. He higher get that chance subsequent season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Who needs to be the beginning RB for the Dallas Cowboys?Image: Getty Images Anybody who watches the Cowboys \u2014 HELL, anybody who watches soccer! \u2014 is aware of who one of the best operating again in Dallas is. It\u2019s not the previous No. 4 general decide getting paid $15 million a 12 months. 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