It’s been a great start to the season so don’t get me wrong but being a huge Ezekiel Elliott fan and getting tired of all the negativity that went towards his allegedly being washed you know how much mileage that dude has on his legs from the back-to-back 1800 yard seasons in college his 1600 yard top five rookie campaign and all the carries he got here and then he’s being criticized for having 3.8 yards per carry being the number one back…..
I like Tony Pollard but let’s go back and see what his last six games looks like and I can tell you this right now without even going with a calculator he finished the season last year, the last five games, he got injured twice, 3.8 yards per carry, no touchdowns, no explosive plays, 51 yards per game…hmmm
He’s somehow being applauded for his 25 carries 75-yard output against The Jets, who have yes a very good defense our offensive lines a little banged up but when did Ezekiel Elliott ever get this type of positivity and being pat on the back for something like that??
I’ve been saying this all along Tony Pollard is not a true number one running back when he has to take carries on 1st and 2nd down and he’s the new target for the defense, this was gonna happen and this fact is his legs are not overused, he is not Ezekiel Elliott he never has been he never will be as far as what he did in college and what Elliott did for our team you know 8200 rushing yards a ton of touchdowns, great receiving stats, you know he could be compared to some of the greats..
So in my opinion we should discuss this and what I think needs to happen is the coaches should limit Tony Pollard to under 18 yards of carry every game now, I know he held up but don’t you want Tony Pollard to be Tony Pollard come playoff time?
I think the plan should be to use him less,
use Rico dowdle, use deuce Vaughn, use the true running back by committee to keep Tony pollard’s legs fresher for the bigger game’s, bigger moments, and for sure the playoffs.
I would like his explosiveness back and we knew this was going to happen the man should not be carrying the ball more than 15 to 18 yards a game and if he’s got to run all these dirty plays and these short yardage plays, which by the way some of the red zone issues are because of the running back situation here and we miss Elliot a little bit that I think that coaches are making a mistake running this dude 25 * a game… I mean this is exactly what we thought Tony Pollard was he literally has to have one of those big long runs in order to have that lofty 5 yards per carry average everybody was bragging about well where did that go? So now you’re telling me that Tony Pollard should be applauded for looking like a washed up Ezekiel Elliott?
Again this is not a knock on Tony Pollard,
I was just sitting here reading one of these Facebook stories about how Tony powers our new bell cow back he should be applauded for his efforts for 25 carries but they don’t mention 3 yards per carry is a pretty weak showing for a starting running back and yet if this was Elliot they’d be talking about how he needs to be benched and cut and he’s making too much money does anybody remember that Tony powers making $10 million???
So I think in my opinion the coaches are making a mistake here….
I know somebody’s going to say I shouldn’t be negative or winning the games blah blah blah but I’m thinking ahead I’d like Tony Pollard to get back to the way he was if he needs to get less carries then that’s what we should do…
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