With our pedestrian WRs, we have trouble making big plays on offense. It would be nice if we could make one in the running game when things are blocked up well. With Zeke, even when you do catch them right, those are maybe 10-15 yard runs.
Pollard is pretty much our only guy on offense who can do that, and he doesn't get enough carries for the odds to be very good.
They finally got Pollard more touches last night and it actually seemed to open things up a little bit for Elliott once the OL got into a bit of a groove.
Elliott is massively overpaid, we know this, but he's a good short yardage/goal line back. He's been money pretty much all year in those situations in some big spots, it's not his fault that the coaching staff overuses him.
I'd be fine bringing him back next year if he takes a reduced salary down to like a $5 million cap hit because there actually is a very specific, valuable role he could play.
Then draft someone like Jahmyr Gibbs in the 2nd, let him and Pollard pop off explosive plays, and bring in Elliott as the hammer for one last year.