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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.
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Cowboys draft 2024: CB Kamari Lassiter scouting report.
A few weeks ago, while studying the unique traits of South Carolina receiver Xavier Legette, Georgia’s Kamari Lassiter became a point of interest. With all the recent intrigue about Legette and his rising draft status, Lassiter gave Legette plenty of trouble. His game against Legette made it worth investigating what makes him a prospect worth watching. Here’s the report on Kamari Lassiter.
Kamari Lassiter
WR – Georgia Bulldogs
Junior
5 ft 11 in – 186 lbs.
The first thing that stands out about Lassiter is his versatility. Georgia played Lassiter on the boundary and in the slot. Primarily, he lined up on the boundary and often in press coverage. Off the line of scrimmage, his jam is adequate to reroute receivers and throw off their timing on their path downfield. However, his hip swivel to recover is a bit slow when he whiffs or fails to impact the receiver.
As a zone defender, he displays the awareness to work off his zone assignment to play the intended receiver. Lassiter needs to work on his discipline in man coverage to avoid giving up big plays. There’s concern he could be susceptible to double-moves, often peering into the backfield to keep an eye on the quarterback.
His timed speed, reported somewhere between 4.51-4.65 on the forty-yard dash at his pro day, is troubling because you can see that his top gear in coverage leaves something to be desired. Against elite speed receivers, take caution if he doesn’t have help with a safety over the top. From a technical standpoint, at times, he can be handsy with receivers beyond five yards past the line of scrimmage. Regarding being a run defender, he’s more than willing to lay a hit on a ball carrier, yet he needs to be more consistent when wrapping up on tackles and breaking down in space.
What’s most impressive about his game is his ball skills. He demonstrates the discipline to play the football in the air and routinely plays through the receiver’s hands to dislodge passes from their intended target. Lassiter understands when to locate the ball in the air and doesn’t panic about locating the ball, getting his head around to find the football.
The Cowboys need a cornerback, they have uncertainty at cornerback heading into the 2024 season. In recent comments with the media, Stephen Jones made it seem like the team wasn’t aggressively pursuing Stephon Gilmore to re-sign. Assuming the Cowboys don’t retain Gilmore, that leaves them with Jourdan Lewis on a 1-year contract, DaRon Bland in his third year, and Trevon Diggs returning from injury as their primary cornerbacks. Targeting a player like Lassiter would be sensible thinking in preparation for the coming years.