{"id":17388,"date":"2024-12-31T21:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T21:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17388"},"modified":"2024-12-31T21:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T21:34:51","slug":"report-dallas-cowboys-cut-star-player-after-he-requested-his-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17388","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Dallas Cowboys Cut Star Player After He Requested His Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0have made a stunning roster decision on veteran running back\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/ezekiel-elliott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezekiel Elliott<\/a>\u00a0ahead of Sunday\u2019s regular season finale against the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0insider Josina Anderson, the Dallas Cowboys\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JosinaAnderson\/status\/1874197064567185780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have released<\/a>\u00a0Ezekiel Elliott before their final game of 2024. The two-time rushing champion heads to waivers and could be picked up by another team ahead of the postseason that commences on Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<p>After a one-year stint with the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a>, Elliott returned to the Cowboys on a one-year pact in free agency. His second tenure with Dallas concludes with 226 rushing yards and three touchdowns in 15 game appearances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: I\u2019m told the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> are releasing RB Ezekiel Elliott, per source. I\u2019m also told Elliott requested his release.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BovadaOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BovadaOfficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y09ZdUX6er\">pic.twitter.com\/y09ZdUX6er<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosinaAnderson\/status\/1874197064567185780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ezekiel Elliott was released by Dallas in 2023 after Tony Pollard emerged as the new lead RB in Dallas. This year, Rico Dowdle stepped up as the Cowboys\u2019 No. 1 running back and crossed the 1,000-yard mark in Sunday\u2019s road loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ezekiel-elliott-can-pursue-a-ring-elsewhere\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ezekiel Elliott Can Pursue A Ring Elsewhere<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys did Elliott a favor by deciding to release him ahead of Week 18. The 29-year-old now gets the opportunity to pursue a championship ring with a playoff team, and Elliott\u2019s experience should make him attractive to clubs looking to bolster their RB depth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0have made a stunning roster decision on veteran running back\u00a0Ezekiel Elliott\u00a0ahead of Sunday\u2019s regular season finale against the Washington Commanders. Per\u00a0NFL\u00a0insider Josina Anderson, the Dallas Cowboys\u00a0have released\u00a0Ezekiel &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17390,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17388\/revisions\/17390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}