Zeke, Rico Dowdle and Malik Davis are the main runners heading into camp, though Dallas might not be done searching for another running back.
Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle and running back Ezekiel Elliott warm up before an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Arlington
“I don’t think that’s fair,” he said. “What do you mean? The guy carried the ball more than anybody in the history of football in the first couple of years. That’s not going to be his role, we’re a running back by committee. He’ll definitely play at the level that he’s played at in my time here. I anticipate that. I don’t see any drop off in the way he moves.”Advertisement
The last time the Cowboys had a leading rusher with fewer than 200 carries was Tony Pollard in 2022. Elliott, incidentally, carried the ball 231 times that season.It’s also been a long time since the Cowboys had a committee of running backs. DeMarco Murray, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice were a nice little committee in the 2010s. But in 2016, Elliott came along and brought the Cowboys back to the past.
The Cowboys could use three running backs combining for 200 or more carries in a season and add quarterback Dak Prescott, receivers KaVontae Turpin and CeeDee Lamb and you could get to 225 total running plays.If Elliott gets 160-180 carries in 2024, that’s fine. There’s no thought he’s going to lead the NFL in rushing again. He just needs to get the offense moving along in McCarthy’s pass-happy offense.
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