Top 10 Paid RBs Status Check After 2 Weeks

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(09-23-2020, 01:24 AM)CorpusChristiBengal Wrote: Zeke is the reason the Cowboys took it to OT sunday. He is somewhat overrated but still good and the 'Boys would be worse without him.
Mixon I can excuse because if you're going to pay a RB do it while your QB is on a rookie deal but he needs to pick it up.
It is pretty bad that an UDFA RB looks great though compared to some of these guys, Robinson is a beast!

I think Zeke is a good RB, but it's hard to tell *how* good he is because he's always been behind an amazing OL.

The year before Elliott got drafted, Darren McFadden ran for 1,089 yards at 4.6 YPC for the Cowboys after averaging 3.3 YPC over the previous *three* years with Oakland... The year before that DeMarco Murray led the NFL in rushing with 1,845 yards at 4.7 YPC (also led in rushing TDs and total yards). He was Pro Bowl and All-Pro that year before leaving and was meh for a couple years before being out of the league before his age 30 season.

Doesn't help Elliott's case that his backup Tony Pollard last year had 455 rushing yards at 5.3 YPC as a 4th round rookie.

Zeke might just be a case like Bell where he's elevated by his OL.  (Though while the Cowboys OL is just really good, the Steelers OL just get to hold all game long.)



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Side note: Looking up this stuff, I ran across a name I had forgotten in Joseph Randle. Holy shit did that guy explode his life.