After Tony Pollard departed the Cowboys in free agency for the Tennessee Titans, Dallas has some room to add. And might be interested in a former running back.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott have “mutual interest” in a reunion. Elliott spent the 2023 season with the New England Patriots.
The Cowboys employed Elliott for his first seven seasons before releasing him last year. He went on to sign a one-year deal with the Patriots. Elliott played in all 17 games for New England — who finished the year 4-13 — and rushed for 642 yards
Dallas likes the way Elliott finished the 2023 season in New England, where he played in all 17 regular-season games and saw a significant increase in workload in the final five weeks of the year after top rusher Rhamondre Stevenson was sidelined with a high-ankle sprain,” Fowler wrote.
The Patriots signed Antonio Gibson on Day 1 of the NFL’s legal tampering period. The move doesn’t automatically end Elliott’s time with the six-time Super Bowl champions, but Gibson — who spent the last four seasons with the Washington Commanders — will likely be the 1-2 running back punch with Rhamondre Stevenson.
“I want to compete just the same as everybody else. I feel like that’s only going to make the running back room better. I’m not here to step on anybody’s toes, but at the end of the day, we have to compete,” Gibson told reporters earlier this month. “I’m not just here to take the backseat. I feel like we can do a lot of great things together – me and the running back room.”
Elliott, who will turn 30 ahead of the 2024 season, rushed for 8,262 in 103 career games for the Cowboys with 68 touchdowns.
