Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott Not Traveling with Team for Disciplinary Reasons

The Cowboys will be missing one of two base running backs in Atlanta tomorrow, as Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the veteran running back. Ezekiel Elliott will not travel We are with the team in this week’s match. ESPN’s Todd Archer reports that Elliott The new game state is the result of: “Disciplinary reasons.”

Although the loss didn’t seem critical, as Elliott had only accumulated 149 rushing yards in seven games this season, Elliott was the only running back on the team with a rushing touchdown this year. He is responsible for two of the three goals the team scored during the season. Statistics like these underscore how the Cowboys have become the league’s 32nd best rushing offense through eight weeks of football. With just 519 yards on the season, the Cowboys are 113 yards behind the 31st-ranked Raiders and 1,081 yards behind the league-leading Ravens.

Elliott, 29, is a long way from his days leading the league in 2016 and 2018. He hasn’t rushed for 1,000 yards since 2021. Elliott has missed games due to injury before and has been a healthy scratch so far. However, this will be the first time Elliott has missed a game due to a healthy scratch in a non-game in the final week of the season.

With Elliott out, the league’s top rushing offense will rely more on its starter Rico DowdleHe has 246 rushing yards this season but also adds an element through the air with 131 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. The only other active roster running back is a downsized one. Deuce VaughnHowever, even though the team announced that they would promote the experienced attacker Dalvin Cook for tomorrow’s match. corner Josh Butler He will join Cook off the training squad for a week.