{"id":9977,"date":"2024-10-10T03:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T03:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2024-10-10T03:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T03:01:50","slug":"breaking-cowboys-urged-to-add-violent-rb-to-replace-ezekiel-elliott-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9977","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Urged to Add \u2018Violent\u2019 RB to Replace Ezekiel Elliott!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2176967191-e1728470537106.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Cowboys potential draftee Quinshon Judkins\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cowboys potential draftee Quinshon Judkins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However things shake out for the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0for the rest of the way at running back, even if\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0winds up holding on to the RB1 job for the remainder of the season, there is still a strong chance that the team will need to add a better long-term answer at the position going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Dowdle is a free agent next offseason. So is\u00a0Ezekiel Elliott. There\u2019s no guarantee that the current 1-2 punch (such as it is) at running back will be back in Cowboys uniforms in 2025.\u00a0Dowdle is a good candidate to come back, but Elliott will need replacing.<\/p>\n<p>Given the strength of the season being had by Heisman Trophy\u00a0candidate Ashton Jeanty at Boise State, it\u2019s likely the Cowboys would have to set their sights slightly lower on finding a back in the 2025 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>That could be the player widely considered to be the No. 2 back on the board: Ohio State transfer Quinshon Judkins.<\/p>\n<p>And though the Cowboys have needs all over the roster \u2014 defensive line, safety, wide receiver \u2014 they badly need a running back and should be willing to use a high pick to get one.<\/p>\n<h2>Quinshon Judkins \u2018Among the Most Talented Ball-Carriers\u2019 in CFB<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s the\u00a0thinking at Bleacher Report, where the site is recommending the Cowboys focus on Judkins in the draft. In an article titled \u201cNFL Team Needs: Prioritizing Every Roster\u2019s Biggest Weaknesses Before Week 6,\u201d here\u2019s B\/R\u2019s Matt Holder wrote on October 7:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Cowboys owner] Jerry Jones will likely be looking to add a running back during this year\u2019s NFL Draft. The Ohio State product would be a good target seeing as he\u2019s currently the second-ranked back on B\/R\u2019s big board and shows the potential to become a complete back at the next level.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Judkins is among the most talented ball carriers in college football,\u2019 B\/R offensive skill positions scout Damian Parson wrote. \u2018He presents an NFL-ready frame at 215 pounds with the contact balance to match. Judkins is a difficult RB to tackle once he breaks containment.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>College football fans know that Judkins is already one of the top running backs in the sport, with two stellar seasons at Ole Miss under his belt. He ran for 1,567 yards as a freshman and came back with 1,158 yards as a sophomore. He tallied 34 touchdowns in two years, 31 of which came as a rusher.<\/p>\n<p>Making the switch to the Buckeyes will increase Judkins\u2019 profile, even if it does not bolster his numbers. He is splitting carries at OSU but is still\u00a0averaging 93.6 yards per game\u00a0and has 5 touchdowns in five outings.<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Could Go RB in Round 2<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to say where, exactly, the Cowboys could land Judkins. If they want to focus their first-rounder elsewhere \u2014 running backs picked in the first round are rare in today\u2019s NFL \u2014 there is a chance Judkins could be available in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Football Focus has Judkins\u00a0rated the No. 31 prospect overall, making him a fringe first-rounder. The site has him ranked as the No. 2 back in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today\u2019s John Crumpler\u00a0wrote of Judkins: \u201cQuinshon Judkins always seems to get more yardage after contact. Violent runner who does a great job to keep his feet moving and frequently overpowers second-level defenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys potential draftee Quinshon Judkins However things shake out for the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0for the rest of the way at running back, even if\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0winds up holding on to the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Cowboys Urged to Add \u2018Violent\u2019 RB to Replace Ezekiel Elliott! - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9977\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Cowboys Urged to Add \u2018Violent\u2019 RB to Replace Ezekiel Elliott! 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