The running back position has been devalued. Spoiler alert. We had back-to-back drafts in 2013-14 without a single runner taken on Day 1. Teams would rather try to find a late-round Alfred Morris than risk an Hour 1 Trent Richardson. So when the Cowboys took Ezekiel Elliott at No. 4 overall, it wasn’t outright panned — have you seen Zeke’s college tape? — but rightfully viewed as a questionable throwback.
A throwback it has been — to the 2014 Cowboys, a dominant, ball-control offense that came within a Calvin Johnson Rule of the NFC Championship Game.