And his brother, Rod Smith, is a backup running back who played special teams for Dallas.
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I may be a little bit biased, but there’s no other direction that I would’ve liked the Dallas Cowboys to of gone with their first-round pick.
While expectations had them shoring up gaps on defense and addressing the Tony Romo back-up/future quarterback situation, Jerry Jones and Co. decided to make a splash and snag running back Ezekiel Elliot of Ohio State fourth overall.
IRVING, Texas (AP) – Ezekiel Elliott didn’t wear a crop-top dress shirt for his first visit to Cowboys headquarters, a day after showing off his midsection on the red carpet at the National Football League draft before Dallas took him fourth overall. But northeast Ohio would embrace an Ohio State player. Mayock also said that Smith could be a Luke Kuechly-type impact player at his best.
The question is whether Smith will ever be the player that many experts projected would go in the top five before his injury. The Tennessee Titans took another potential pass-rushing target in Clemson’s Kevin Dodd at No. 33 overall. Elliott is the third.
“I definitely do (have to earn their respect)”, Elliott said. “It’s starting to sink in”.
Just to express his range and power, I’ll throw in another GIF below. He’s got the biblical name and the heroic talent, but will the former Buckeye live up to his billing and be worth the price of admission Jerry Jones paid for him? “This isn’t risk-free”, Jones said.
As USA Today’s Tom Pelissero wrote earlier this week, Smith not only tore his ACL and LCL, but he stretched his peroneal nerve so much that it paralyzed the muscles it controls. Here we see Jaylon reading the play and finding an opening to get in the backfield to make a play. It leads to him being more than exceptional as a ball-tracker. “We believe Zeke gives us a chance to do that”.
“Absolutely”, says Brown. “I’ve been in the position where I got drafted and was the new guy coming in”. When a fan sent a tweet to Emmitt Smith that said, “Let’s just hope he’s as good as you were”, Smith responded by tweeting, “he’s better”.
Among those who have reached out to Ezekiel Elliott since the Dallas Cowboys drafted him Thursday night: DeMarco Murray.
If you had a nickel for every time someone in the front office of a pro sports team said “We’re not running a charity here”, you’d barely have enough to cover the cost of a “Happy Meal”.
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Just take a look at the quarterbacks that were available in the first round and ask yourself if they were really worthy of being drafted with the first two selections?
