LET'S START with a couple of numbers. The first is 149. The second is 864.
The first is the number of picks after the Cowboys gobbled up running back Ezekiel Elliott with the fourth selection in the draft last spring that the Eagles claimed Wendell Smallwood in the fifth round.
The second number is the current difference in rushing yards between Elliott's NFL-leading 1,102 and Smallwood's modest 238.
Elliott and Smallwood clearly are traveling in different circles at the moment. Elliott is a league-MVP candidate for a 10-1 team. Smallwood still is trying to prove his worth to a 5-5 team that got him on the cheap.