{"id":426919,"date":"2023-06-14T17:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=426919"},"modified":"2023-06-14T17:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T17:44:29","slug":"nfl-rumors-dallas-cowboys-and-ezekiel-elliott-are-possibly-reuniting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl-rumors-dallas-cowboys-and-ezekiel-elliott-are-possibly-reuniting\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Rumors: Dallas Cowboys And Ezekiel Elliott Are Possibly Reuniting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems certain that Ezekiel Elliott will ultimately join the Dallas Cowboys again.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott&#8217;s greatest opportunity to stay in the NFL remains in Dallas, despite being released by the Cowboys earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott is a free agent who can sign with any team in the league, but there have been persistent speculations that the Cowboys would re-sign him.<\/p>\n<h2>NFL Rumors: Dallas Cowboys And Ezekiel Elliott Are Possibly Reuniting<\/h2>\n<p>Those reports were confirmed by NFL Insider Brian Baldinger on the &#8220;In The Huddle&#8221; podcast by Audacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dak Prescott holding workout sessions on his personal turf field with Jake Ferguson, Simi Fehoko, and\u2026 Ezekiel Elliott? \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>[ \ud83d\udcf8 via 42ndwitness &#8211; IG ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i05mBoS8nu\">pic.twitter.com\/i05mBoS8nu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ernie The Cowboys Fan (@es3_09) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/es3_09\/status\/1646193188833574923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy ran for 12 touchdowns last year,\u201d Baldinger points out. \u201cHe\u2019s still a productive player, he finishes drives. You want him out there on Wednesday in practice after a tough game on Sunday or Monday night.\u201d At a lower cost and perhaps an incentive-laden deal, he says, it makes a lot of sense. \u201cTony Pollard has never touched the ball 200 times in a year ever. Dallas, Memphis, always. This year, they&#8217;re going to ask him to do that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tampa Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Buccaneers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Buccaneers<\/a> RBs coach Skip Peete says he believes former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> back Ezekiel Elliott has to accept that his role on a new team would take him from a $12 million running back to a $4 million running back. \u201cSo who&#39;s gonna be the one to tell him?\u201d Peete said, via\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67pegopcCo\">pic.twitter.com\/67pegopcCo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1656328563128418304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys released Elliott because they couldn&#8217;t afford to pay two running backs $10 million apiece, according to Baldinger. Elliott was still productive. He was just too expensive.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s evident that Elliott is highly regarded by owner Jerry Jones, and if the financial barrier were no longer an issue, it would seem obvious to bring back the former first-round pick instead of going after other free agents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> Should Consider Dalvin Cook or Ezekiel Elliott Convo&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BossCowboySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BossCowboySport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaitesJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YaitesJames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEOC100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@THEOC100<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtuck151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jtuck151<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanBroaddus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BryanBroaddus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2nNxJQiyXo\">pic.twitter.com\/2nNxJQiyXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Law Nation Sports (@LawsNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawsNation\/status\/1666182462836277248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want him out there on Wednesday in practice after a tough game on Sunday or Monday night. You just want him. He\u2019s just one of these guys. He likes the game. And Jerry likes him a lot,\u201d Baldinger said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a strong rumor, I really do,&#8221; Brian Baldinger says of Ezekiel Elliott signing with the Dallas Cowboys. &#8220;I believe there are legs to this rumor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dallas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> owner Jerry Jones would not rule out re-signing Ezekiel Elliott: <\/p>\n<p>Zeke in seven seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a>, was a three-time Pro Bowl and two-time All-Pro selection and led the league in rushing yards in 2016 and 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DeR9Cu3bRl\">pic.twitter.com\/DeR9Cu3bRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1665825514118946819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since 2016, the name &#8220;Ezekiel Elliott&#8221; has been linked to Dallas Cowboys football, and for good reason\u2014he racked up 8,262 yards and 68 touchdowns for the team over the course of seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He carried for 1,007 yards and nine touchdowns for the Cowboys last season, and he also added 39 catches for 371 yards and three more scores in the air.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jamal Murray Totally Ignores Russell Wilson &amp; Ciara At NBA Championship Finals\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/jamal-murray-totally-ignores-russell-wilson-ciara-at-nba-championship-finals\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jamal Murray Totally Ignores Russell Wilson &amp; Ciara At NBA Championship Finals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems certain that Ezekiel Elliott will ultimately join the Dallas Cowboys again. Elliott&#8217;s greatest opportunity to stay in the NFL remains in Dallas, despite being released by the Cowboys earlier in the summer. Elliott is a free agent who can sign with any team in the league, but there have been persistent speculations that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":402797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,48],"tags":[9467,3930,788,9469,9468,5187,2211],"class_list":["post-426919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys","category-nfl","tag-cowboys-ezekiel-elliott","tag-cowboys-news","tag-ezekiel-elliott","tag-ezekiel-elliott-cowboys-reunion","tag-ezekiel-elliott-news","tag-nfl-2023","tag-nfl-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}