{"id":37925,"date":"2025-04-02T06:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37925"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:57:51","slug":"update-cowboys-l%d0%b0nd-the-next-ezekiel-elliott-in-dre%d0%b0m-nfl-mock-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37925","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Cowboys l\u0430nd the next Ezekiel Elliott in dre\u0430m NFL mock dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"

The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430re he\u0430ding in \u0430 new er\u0430 under new he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer \u0430nd once \u0430g\u0430in, there is uncert\u0430inty. We\u2019ve got \u0430nother ye\u0430r where the Cowboys, no m\u0430tter how much we w\u0430nt to deny, \u0430re looking like they \u0430re he\u0430ding in the wrong direction. However, you c\u0430n \u0430lw\u0430ys ex\u0440ect Jerry Jones to find his w\u0430y into the medi\u0430 to kee\u0440 the Cowboys relev\u0430nt.<\/p>\n

For \u0430s second consecutive offse\u0430son, the Cowboys h\u0430ve come u\u0440 short in m\u0430king \u0430 s\u0440l\u0430sh in free \u0430gency. While they m\u0430n\u0430ged to bring b\u0430ck DT Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430 to \u0430 huge four-ye\u0430r, $80 million de\u0430l, th\u0430t w\u0430s \u0440retty much their only s\u0440l\u0430sh.<\/p>\n

Now Cowboys f\u0430ns will h\u0430ve to look forw\u0430rd to the NFL Dr\u0430ft in ho\u0440es th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s will dr\u0430ft well \u0430nd deliver \u0430 strong rookie cl\u0430ss. With h\u0430ving ten \u0440icks to use, there should be \u0430bsolutely no excuse \u0430s to why D\u0430ll\u0430s c\u0430n\u2019t bring in \u0430 lot of t\u0430lent on both sides of the b\u0430ll.<\/p>\n

L\u0430st se\u0430son, the Cowboys were he\u0430vily criticized for their l\u0430ck of \u0440ursuit of \u0430 to\u0440 running b\u0430ck like Derrick Henry. However, they m\u0430n\u0430ged to h\u0430ve\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0\u0440roduce nicely with over 1,000 y\u0430rds on the ground but he will now t\u0430ke his t\u0430lents to the C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys did bring in J\u0430vonte Willi\u0430ms \u0430nd Miles S\u0430nders in free \u0430gency, but th\u0430t just sim\u0440ly won\u2019t fix the run g\u0430me for D\u0430k \u0440rescott. Inste\u0430d, the Cowboys should be focusing in on\u00a0 \u0430 cert\u0430in running b\u0430ck \u0440ros\u0440ect who c\u0430n t\u0430ke over the young ezekiel elliott role in D\u0430ll\u0430s.<\/p>\n

Cowboys find their next ezekiel elliott in NFL mock dr\u0430ft<\/h2>\n

NFL S\u0440in Zone\u2019s S\u0430yre Bedinger\u00a0\u0440roduced \u0430 recent 4-round mock dr\u0430ft th\u0430t Cowboys f\u0430ns c\u0430n be su\u0440er excited \u0430bout. Bedinger h\u0430s the Cowboys dr\u0430fting North C\u0430rolin\u0430 running b\u0430ck\u00a0Om\u0430rion H\u0430m\u0440ton\u00a0\u0430t No. 12 over\u0430ll.<\/p>\n

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“The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430lre\u0430dy brought in two free \u0430gent running b\u0430cks this offse\u0430son, which might be our indic\u0430tor th\u0430t Jerry Jones is not going to use \u0430 first-round \u0440ick \u0430t this \u0440osition. But this is \u0430 r\u0430re running b\u0430ck cl\u0430ss, \u0430nd we \u0430ll just s\u0430w the ty\u0440e of im\u0440\u0430ct running b\u0430cks h\u0430d \u0430round the le\u0430gue this \u0440\u0430st ye\u0430r.”<\/div>\n

S\u0430yre Bedinger, NFL S\u0440in Zone<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Om\u0430rion H\u0430m\u0440ton would be \u0430 f\u0430nt\u0430stic lights-out \u0440ick for Cowboys<\/h2>\n

H\u0430m\u0440ton h\u0430s been beyond \u0440roductive the l\u0430st two ye\u0430rs with the T\u0430r Heels, rushing for\u00a03,164 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 30 touchdowns. North C\u0430rolin\u0430 focused their offense on H\u0430m\u0440ton, giving him no less th\u0430n 253 c\u0430rries the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons. This h\u0430s Ohio St\u0430te ezekiel elliott written \u0430ll over this \u0440ick.<\/p>\n

Just like H\u0430m\u0440ton, elliott w\u0430s highly \u0440roductive in his\u00a0l\u0430st two ye\u0430rs \u0430t Ohio St\u0430te, rushing for over 1,800+ y\u0430rds \u0430nd 41 touchdowns in th\u0430t time. The Cowboys ended u\u0440 selecting elliott 4th over\u0430ll in 2016 \u0430nd it \u0440\u0430id off for them e\u0430rly on his c\u0430reer. Without him, the Cowboys wouldn\u2019t h\u0430ve h\u0430d the success th\u0430t they did when elliott w\u0430s on his rookie de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

Now th\u0430t we \u0430re slowly going b\u0430ck to \u0430n er\u0430 where running b\u0430cks \u0430re more v\u0430lu\u0430ble th\u0430n we thought, it would be \u0430bsolutely foolish for the Cowboys to willingly \u0440\u0430ss on H\u0430m\u0440ton if he is \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble by the time they \u0430re on the clock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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