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(Why is it that every picture I see of Jason Garrett and a player, it looks like the two are in an unhappy arranged marriage that Garrett is way more invested in making work?)
The Dallas Cowboys have lost 6 of their last 9 games (not nice) after starting 3-0 and sure don’t look like a team that belongs at the top of any division, even the despicable, deplorable, no good, dumpster fire that is the NFC East.
A huge reason for the Cowboys underachieving thus far this season, aside from questionable coaching tactics, is the lack of production from All-Pro running back and $90 million man Ezekiel Elliott.
If the Cowboys were winning, we’d point to how Zeke only needs 10 yards Thursday against the Bears to reach 1,000 yards for the third time in four years, becoming the only running back to achieve that during that span (he was only 17 yards shy of 1,000 in 2017 and missed six games).
Butttt, since the Cowboys are losing, it’s easy to point to the fact that Zeke hasn’t recorded a 100-yard in four straight games. The last time this happened was in 2013 when he was a true freshman at Ohio State behind Carlos Hyde.
After the 26-15 loss to Buffalo, Ezekiel Elliott said the team was “pissed off” and when asked what is wrong with the Dallas Cowboys, he responded with this:
Ezekiel Elliott: “We just haven’t played good football. I mean, that’s all it comes down to. Everyone wants to try to find out what’s wrong. I’ll tell you what’s wrong, we just haven’t played good football. We haven’t gone out there and executed as a team.”
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 1, 2019
Cowboys fans proved to be very impatient with this answer:
Great Zeke. You acknowledge that your team doesn’t execute. I’ve known this since October, 1996.
— Scott Garbien 🇺🇸 (@ScottGarbien) December 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/costanza237/status/1201234778680254465?s=20
https://twitter.com/JosephAbalos80/status/1201286841909030915?s=20
Well let’s gooooo Goddammit!!
— BLANCO (@cowboysheart100) December 1, 2019
It all started with a holdout.
— Jim McDonough (@jpmcdonough) December 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/Michael85173877/status/1201234823668490240?s=20
If the Cowboys don’t pull out a win on the road Thursday, Jason Garrett will need to go into witness protection.