Cowboys backfield: Why not feature Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard together more?

 I have a couple more things to finish up this week before I take a long break until early July. If anything massive happens, I will try to get involved here (and I will also attempt to tweet something relevant to read from the past for you each day), but for the most part, I will spend June doing something that isn’t writing about this football team. Usually, June is quiet, anyway, so bear with me.

But, one of those two things this week was going to be to explore and ponder one of the spots on this roster that is really starting to perplex me — and I imagine some of you.

https://theathletic.com/3330542/2022/05/24/dallas-cowboys-ezekiel-elliott-tony-pollard/

Decoding Dak Prescott and Tony Pollard: Development of key Cowboys’ offensive pieces in real time

 There was one major reason the Cowboys offense needed a directional change a few years back, and it centered mostly on maximizing the potential of its pieces. The Cowboys had just found a rookie class of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, and the hope was they could populate every offensive huddle between 2016 and 2025 if things went well. They were young and talented and could maybe be the core of a successful offense.

https://theathletic.com/2839275/2021/09/21/decoding-dak-prescott-and-tony-pollard-development-of-key-cowboys-offensive-pieces-in-real-time/

Breaking down the Cowboys’ 2019 draft class, which needs to get going in a hurry

https://theathletic.com/1556348/2020/01/23/breaking-down-the-cowboys-2019-draft-class-which-needs-to-get-going-in-a-hurry/

Before we get waist-deep in the 2020 NFL Draft and delve into the reality that the Cowboys will need a number of solid picks to deal with a roster requiring a talent infusion, I want to close the book on the rookie class that came before them.

This exercise is one we annually do in this space and drives home the concept of the four-year conveyor belt of talent that NFL teams deal with in the salary-capped world they live in. If you get it right, you enjoy cheap labor for four to five years after each draft class and your roster enjoys an ability to make moves to supplement your situation. If you get it wrong, you must scramble to fill spots with older and more costly veterans on one-year deals as you try to remake your roster year after year.

Monday Morning After: Analyzing Tony Pollard’s breakout night in Hawaii

https://theathletic.com/1146137/2019/08/19/monday-morning-after-analyzing-tony-pollards-breakout-night-in-hawaii/

Two Hundred Snaps: Examining Tony Pollard, the Cowboys’ newest all-purpose weapon

https://theathletic.com/965472/2019/05/08/two-hundred-snaps-examining-tony-pollard-the-cowboys-newest-all-purpose-weapon/