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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says Ezekiel Elliott is “banged up”, but doesn't think that will prevent him from playing against the Houston Texans in Week 5. Elliott is coming off his best performance of the year. He carried the ball 25 times for 152 yards in his team's 26-24 victory over the Detroit Lions.
While he didn't record a rushing touchdown, he did have four receptions for 88 yards and a score. An ankle injury and knee bursitis will follow Elliot into his next game, but Jones expects him to tough it out.
“I do want that kind of workload for him,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan. “He's healthy. He's very physical. You take more when you're contesting Zeke than you give out. In other words, he wins most of those physical confrontations. He wins them. That takes its toll on the defense. Not only that, it inspires his teammates. It inspires the team. Football is physical. We've got us a really outstanding player that plays football by its definition.”
Ezekiel Elliott is the NFL's leading rusher through the first quarter of the season. He got off to a slow start, but now his rushed for 426 yards on 73 carries. Jerry Jones knows he's the most important weapon the Cowboys have right now. Elliott actively asked for more carries after a Week 3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. He got what he asked for, and it paid off.
It's hard to maintain quality while racking up 25 carries a night, but Elliott and the Cowboys want to fin football games. They're back at .500 now, but the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants won't make things easy for them in the NFC East.
