Ezekiel Elliott Status Poll 8.5.19 How many games will Elliott miss this year due to holdout?
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Ezekiel Ellott Status - 8.5.19 (1 Viewer)
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Jerry Jones was asked four days if he was concerned the contract extension might not get done and said “I have no concern...when have I ever not done one?” Over the weekend he reiterated that in due time Cooper, Elliott & Prescott would all be extended.
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Don Hutson
Footballguy
matuski
Footballguy
We speculate based on information we get here from news and posters.
Is there information to be gained from this?
Is your guess or mine of value? I say he misses 9.54382 games - you're welcome?
Twenty-Four Eighty-Four
Footballguy
Maybe just for a fun, interesting conversation? I think it'd be interesting to get others thoughts, see if a majority of people were correct or incorrect when this all plays out.
matuski
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Elevencents
Footballguy
This. Not sure what the point of that comment was....
and back to “speculating” - I don’t think he will miss a game. He’s too important to the team and anyone with two brain cells to rub together can realize that holding hasn’t exactly worked out for the player here of late.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
77? Maybe he gets confused what he said.
Def if you juxtapose this situation next to Gordon & the Chargers, feels like one thing is not like the other.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I’m sure he does get confused77? Maybe he gets confused what he said.
Def if you juxtapose this situation next to Gordon & the Chargers, feels like one thing is not like the other.
Havent followed Gordon at all, what’s up?
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
Zero...Jerry Jones is not entrusting late life stage SuperBowl runs to Tony Pollard.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
He sits out 2 games, Jerry folds & they pay him.
Then he misses 6 weeks with a soft tissue injury because he missed the preseason.
Then he misses 6 weeks with a soft tissue injury because he missed the preseason.
Dezbelief
Footballguy
joey
Footballguy
Yeah, someone should let the owner of this site know about all these duplicate threads.
Oh wait...
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Normally, I would agree with you. In this case Jones has already shown us his poker tendencies when dealing with Emmitt. Keep in mind that team was built to win without Emmitt much more than the current Cowboy team is built to win without Zeke. Jones also had more bullets left in the revolver back then so he had less pressure to make every single season count. If I were Zeke and his agent I would take all these factors into account even though on the surface it doesn't really look like Zeke has much leverage.NDyse10 said:
DAL is a ~.500 team without him. Unfortunately for Zeke the Cowboys early season schedule was kind of made to live without him. Giants at home, @Redskins, Dolphins at home. DAL should finish above .500 in those games even without Zeke. It's that next stretch before the bye where Zeke would have some serious bargaining power: @NO, GB, @NJY, PHI. That four game stretch could end up knocking them out of the playoffs if they don't have Zeke.
The only way I don't see Jones caving before the game @NO is if DAL is 3-0 AND the rushing game hasn't missed a beat without Zeke. It's possible, but not likely. He's playing by the home gave vs GB no matter what imo.
CentralPA
Footballguy
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It is valuable information to see what the general FF participants believe regarding a holdout. It helps give some idea on when you may be able to draft him based on a consensus of holdout length. If it was 95% that people believe he will hold out 5+ games then it is likely he drops in drafts. That has value.matuski said:
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I can attest that in my shark-infested dynasty start-up slow-auction draft (happening as I type this) Kamara went for $116/500, Barkley $132 & CMC $136, while Zeke went for $101.
IMO that discount is 100% reflective of the risk associated with the holdout.
I think a topic like this carries plenty of value.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
While the holdout is the single biggest reason I think it's unfair to say 100%.
For instance here are the career carries for the group you mention....
Zeke - 868
CMC - 336
Kamara - 314
Barkley - 261
... so Zeke already has a lot more wear-and-tear than the others in the group.
In addition, if I read the headline, "Top NFL RB suspended 8 games over night club incident" at some point this season from that group my first guess would be Zeke and it really wouldn't be close. His decision making in the past has been suspect. I don't think the other three have nearly the character issue concerns.
I agree with you that the threat of a holdout is likely overblown but you also have to remember that there were a LOT of people that drafted LevBell at this time last year. I would be surprised if ANY of those folks want any part of Zeke right now. I think the consensus on Bell last year at this time was he would miss all of training camp and report a few days before the season started.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Yeah, I agree. In my post I nearly cited off-field incidents but figured some might challenge me on that. No question he’s kind of a knucklehead & has had questionable personal life decision making in the past.
[Watkins] Cowboys are trying to give Zeke Elliott a contract closer to LeVeon Bell than Todd Gurley. It would make Elliott second-highest paid RB in NFL.
https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/1158734437997088770?s=20
https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/1158734437997088770?s=20
