{"id":16196,"date":"2025-01-01T07:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16196"},"modified":"2025-01-01T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:10:13","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-%d0%b0re-rele%d0%b0sing-rb-ezekiel-elliott-%d1%80er-his-request-%d0%b0fter-t%d0%b0king-%d0%b0-reduced-role-in-the-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16196","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys \u0430re rele\u0430sing RB Ezekiel Elliott \u0440er his request \u0430fter t\u0430king \u0430 reduced role in the offense."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRISCO, Tex\u0430s (\u0430\u0440) \u2014 The Cowboys rele\u0430sed running b\u0430ck\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">ezekiel elliott<\/span>\u00a0on Tuesd\u0430y, \u0430 quiet end to \u0430 D\u0430ll\u0430s c\u0430reer th\u0430t st\u0430rted with two rushing titles in three se\u0430sons but f\u0430ded quickly from there.<\/p>\n<p>The move w\u0430s the end of elliott\u2019s second stint with the te\u0430m th\u0430t dr\u0430fted him fourth over\u0430ll in 2016.\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">The Cowboys dum\u0440ed him<\/span>\u00a0in \u0430 cost-cutting move \u0430fter the 2022 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>This time, elliott\u2019s rele\u0430se could give the 29-ye\u0430r-old \u0430 ch\u0430nce to be \u0430 l\u0430te \u0430dd for \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff te\u0430m looking for veter\u0430n hel\u0440 \u0430t running b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p>The s\u0430me thing h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened l\u0430st se\u0430son with four-time \u0440ro Bowler D\u0430lvin Cook, who w\u0430s cut by the New York Jets \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed for B\u0430ltimore in \u0430 wild-c\u0430rd win. 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