Ezekiel Elliott was back at practice, and he was wearing extra gear. We’ve got the latest on his status for Sunday, including why he may not be trying to rush back this week in Green Bay. Elliott also shared his thoughts on the locker room’s growing campaign to bring Odell Beckham Jr. to Dallas.
Elsewhere, find out why the Cowboys’ schedule will force James Washington to wait another week to get into the mix in practice, hear which run play had Zack Martin begging the sideline to keep sending it in, and look ahead to how non-freezing weather might be a bigger factor than you realize at Lambeau this Sunday. Also, we’ll get into why Tarell Basham is coming back to the defense at just the right time, we’ll crunch the numbers on how many wins Dallas ends up with, and we’ll say farewell to a former player who occupies a unique footnote in Cowboys history. That and more in this edition of News and Notes.
Jerry Jones said he expected his star back to suit up Sunday, but Elliott himself is backing off that prediction. “I’m not sure if I’m ready to go,” he said Wednesday. “I just need to get some more reps to see where I’m at.” The two-time rushing champ acknowledged that him being “as healthy as possible down the run” to the postseason is a higher priority than hurrying back for Week 10 versus Green Bay and risking further injury to his sprained knee.
The Cowboys would be foolish to rush Ezekiel Elliott back too soon and force-feed him the ball this Sunday. Tony Pollard delivered in spades against the Bears; he should be called upon do it again in Green Bay. Play the hot hand and make sure Elliott is fully healthy for the long haul.
Astute viewers may have noticed Zack Martin signalling to the sideline during Week 7’s win over Detroit that he wanted to keep running one play in particular. That play is “duo,” in which Martin and Terence Steele double-team on a block meant to spring the running back for a big gain. It worked well, as it has all year long for the right-side pair. “Anytime you can get those two guys together on a defender, working up to a second-level defender,” offensive coordinator Kellen Moore explained, “usually good things are going to happen.”
The defensive end suffered a quad injury in Week 1 and has been sidelined since. Now he’ll return to a Cowboys unit that will face a…
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