What an ironic reunion it would be between the Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott. With Zeke’s supposed replacement Tony Pollard out the door on his way to Tennessee, Dallas has been left incredibly thin at running back heading into the 2024 draft. Meanwhile, Zeke tested the waters in New England and for the most part held his own, filling in for the injured Rhamondre Stevenson in the back half of 2023 as admirably as a 28-year old can.
He’ll be 29 in August, but given the history between Elliott and Prescott as well as the Jones family, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Zeke back in the silver and white for what could be Dak’s final year as the Cowboys starting QB in 2024. Pollard was nowhere near as efficient in his lone year as the Cowboys’ starter in 2023 as he was in 2022 running behind Elliott, so it’s not like the Cowboys passing game (and in effect, Ceedee Lamb) will suffer terribly without a potent run game to complement it, but Zeke is well past his prime and wouldn’t profile as anything more than a volume-based RB2 at best in a pass-first Cowboys offense.