Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott hammers Eagles in blowout Week 3 win: ‘Everybody can eat. It’s not just one person’

There has by no means been a second for the reason that 2016 season wherein Ezekiel Elliott wasn’t thought of the lead operating again for the Dallas Cowboys. The identical cannot be stated outdoors of the group although, the place perception within the two-time NFL speeding champ adjustments like diapers on a new child — contingent upon simply how colicky his detractors are on any given day. So when backup operating again Tony Pollard had a implausible day within the Week 2 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, the group celebrated, and it additionally wasn’t misplaced on them that Elliott was pivotal within the victory as nicely, e.g. a landing and two third-down conversions on the game-winning drive, however the predictable calling for a change at RB ensued.

One week later, Elliott hammered the Philadelphia Eagles with 116 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, successfully having his manner with the NFC East rival — one thing he typically does with that particular opponent. Elliott is now 7-2 in opposition to the Eagles and has amassed 1,227 yards from scrimmage and 5 touchdowns since becoming a member of the rivalry in 2016. 

On Monday, Elliott additionally gained 58 yards after contact (3.41 YAC per contact), making it clear that the primary one or two guys weren’t going to be sufficient to cease him from his mission of burying each Philly and takes from the earlier week.

Be it Doug Pederson or Nick Sirianni as head coach, the Eagles merely haven’t any reply for him, or for Dak Prescott, who masterfully aided in the Week 3 thrashing, and it was all of the Eagles might do to not file assault fees.

“They have been attempting to play protection [and] they have been enjoying a number of shell, so we had good numbers within the field and we took benefit of that,” Elliott instructed media after the sport. “The O-line, they performed their tails off. They have been transferring guys out of there all night time.”

And Elliott who, quiet because it’s stored, additionally has no fumbles by means of the primary three video games, did not cease his reward on the offensive entrance — one which’s absent beginning proper sort out La’el Collins however has seen backup sort out Terence Steele now put two consecutive good weeks on movie — however he continues his reward of Pollard and the opposite offensive weapons that make it troublesome for opposing defenses to know what’s coming after which what to do to try to cease it.

“That is one factor that I like about this crew,” Elliott stated. “Everyone can eat. It isn’t only one individual on the market making performs. There’s an entire bunch of individuals making performs. It is simply so contagious. 

“I identical to the momentum we have got. We have got to maintain it going.”

Pollard completed the night time with 60 speeding yards on 11 makes an attempt, and tight finish Dalton Schultz had his greatest sport of the season to date in including 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns to the combination. It is the primary time the Cowboys have seen a operating again rating twice on the bottom and a decent finish seize two receiving touchdowns in the identical sport since Corridor of Fame halfback Tony Dorsett mixed with Doug Cosbie to so in 1985. 

So whereas Elliott loves being fed, he takes simply as a lot pleasure in seeing others get their fill as nicely, and people specializing in what’s solely on his spoon are lacking the purpose: to stack wins. 

“If you’ve received a contagious power, all people simply excited to see one another make these kind of performs,” Elliott added. “It is laborious to come back again from that.”

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