So, one of the objectives of the Cowboys’ offense moving into the 2018 season was to integrate Ezekiel Elliott into the team’s passing game. This took on greater importance when the team’s offseason moves at the wide receiver and tight end positions were less than successful.
Early returns were not promising as Zeke seemed no more involved in the passing game than he had been in the past. But since the acquisition of Amari Cooper, Elliott’s receiving numbers have increased dramatically:
We see the Cowboys did in fact start throwing the ball to Zeke more in 2018. So the team was trying, it’s just that they were failing as we see in the following:
Dallas was throwing the ball to Zeke more before Cooper arrived, but they were generating the same number of yards as in past years.