His toughness is underrated and his pass protection continues to improve. He has proven he can run through the tackles with efficiency. Make no mistake about it, Pollard isn’t a gadget player. Bottom line, Pollard makes the most of his opportunities. In fact, Pollard is the only Cowboys running back to ever rush for over 1,000 yards with less than 200 carries. He led the Cowboys in rushing last year despite having few carries than his running mate Ezekiel Elliott, and that’s a feat that hasn’t been done in Dallas in over 50 years. Pollard has been in the league for four years and his efficiency is still high as he has a career average of 5.1 yards per carry, and last year running at 5.2 YPC. He possesses both the shiftiness and home run speed to turn small gains into large ones and that’s been on full display over the last few seasons. He’s on a very short list of players on this team that can go from zero to the end zone in the blink of an eye. You could make either case with Pollard, and that’s exactly what we’re doing today as we try to wrap our minds around how the Cowboys should handle this situation. The running back position takes a toll on players and the more accepted philosophy of most teams is to just change them out with fresher, lower-cost players. On one hand, he’s a Pro Bowler who is clearly one of the best offensive players on this team and it seems obvious that the front office would want to keep him. But will that actually happen? We will know our answer in less than a month. Recently, we’ve heard reports that Pollard is open to working a new deal with the Cowboys. The team will either lock him into a new deal securing his services for more years to come or they will allow him to play under the $10.1 million tag price this upcoming season and cut off any additional negotiations, allowing him to hit the free agent market in 2024. That’s when we will know what the Dallas Cowboys' true intentions are with their star running back Tony Pollard.
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