After one year in football purgatory with the New England Patriots, it appears as though Ezekiel Elliott is going to get a chance to return to the place where he started his career via a reunion with the Dallas Cowboys.
It might be the thing that rejuvenates a career that appeared to be stalling out for the former NFL All-Pro in 2023 and propel him to his first 1,000-yard rushing season since 2021.
We have it in our power to feel good about the running back room. Period. Now are we through with the running back room? I’m not going to answer that. Not trying to be coy. I just don’t need to answer that. But Zeke’s good enough to be in the running back room, and he’s good enough to play for the Cowboys. I’d say that.
Those draft decisions come after coach Mike McCarthy told the media that he hoped they could get an RB in the draft.
Another indication the Cowboys and Elliott are ready to join forces? The Cowboys selected two offensive linemen in their first three picks in 2024, with Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton in the first round and Kansas State’s Cooper Beebe in the third round.
The biggest indication the Cowboys were preparing for a reunion with Elliott may have come with the 2024 NFL Draft, where the Cowboys didn’t select a running back through the first six rounds—something Cowboys owner Jerry Jones played coy about (via ESPN):
Hop in the time machine and go back eight years to 2016—to a time when a running back could still dominate college football and the NFL.
That running back was Ezekiel Elliott, who came a few bad coaching decisions away from leading Ohio State to two national championships and finished his Buckeye career with 3,961 rushing yards, which was second only to two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin.
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