Stoney Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Zeke Elliott- $13.7m (‘21 salary) 244carries 979yards 6tds 5 fumbles/ 52catches 338yards 2tds The worst statistical year of Zeke’s young career. Injuries on the offense and a bad defense played a part in the downturn of those numbers. Stoney’s take- $13.7m reasons why you don’t pay RBs in today’s NFL. The NFL is a passing league. RB is a position of diminishing returns. 10 players rushed for more yards in ‘20. 1QB, 2 rookies, 3 2nd year players. Derrick Henry, Dalvin Cook, Aaron Jones, Melvin Gordon all made less than $7m. It’s a bad contract that Dallas can get out of after ‘22 for $6.7m in dead cap space. Tony Pollard- $1.01m (‘21 salary) 101carries 435yards 4tds/ 28 catches 192yards 1td In a limited role Tony Pollard showed flashes of a playmaker. Averaged 4.9 yards per touch. He was the flash to Zeke’s dash. Stoney’s take- In a week 15 start against the 49ers (no Zeke), Pollard had 132 total yards with 2tds. This is the type of RB that today’s NFL is utilizing. Cheap and explosive. Paired with another young RB or two, you would get Zeke’s production at far less than his top of the market price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMRIGGINS Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 8:46 PM, Stoney said: Zeke Elliott- $13.7m (‘21 salary) 244carries 979yards 6tds 5 fumbles/ 52catches 338yards 2tds The worst statistical year of Zeke’s young career. Injuries on the offense and a bad defense played a part in the downturn of those numbers. Stoney’s take- $13.7m reasons why you don’t pay RBs in today’s NFL. The NFL is a passing league. RB is a position of diminishing returns. 10 players rushed for more yards in ‘20. 1QB, 2 rookies, 3 2nd year players. Derrick Henry, Dalvin Cook, Aaron Jones, Melvin Gordon all made less than $7m. It’s a bad contract that Dallas can get out of after ‘22 for $6.7m in dead cap space. Tony Pollard- $1.01m (‘21 salary) 101carries 435yards 4tds/ 28 catches 192yards 1td In a limited role Tony Pollard showed flashes of a playmaker. Averaged 4.9 yards per touch. He was the flash to Zeke’s dash. Stoney’s take- In a week 15 start against the 49ers (no Zeke), Pollard had 132 total yards with 2tds. This is the type of RB that today’s NFL is utilizing. Cheap and explosive. Paired with another young RB or two, you would get Zeke’s production at far less than his top of the market price. I run harder than ZEKE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, TIMRIGGINS said: I run harder than ZEKE A fat lady chasing after the dessert cart runs harder than Zeke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMRIGGINS Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Stoney said: A fat lady chasing after the dessert cart runs harder than Zeke. good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotton84 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 In today’s NFL/salary cap era, I think a team is much better spending about $10,000,000 on 3 good/serviceable RBs than $15 mil on a Zeke. And sometimes you get a Pollard playing for $1 mil and it doesn’t even take $10 mil for the 3 backs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, cotton84 said: In today’s NFL/salary cap era, I think a team is much better spending about $10,000,000 on 3 good/serviceable RBs than $15 mil on a Zeke. And sometimes you get a Pollard playing for $1 mil and it doesn’t even take $10 mil for the 3 backs. Exactly. The running back by committee is a more sound investment in today’s game than the bell cow RB. You can find productive running backs after the 3rd round of the draft. Pollard on his rookie deal paired with another RB or two would equal Zeke’s production for a 1/5 of his price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyJoe Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I think the Saints get Taysom Hill, L.Murray and Alvin Kamara for half what Zeke gets. There is quite a bit more production there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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