Cowboys open Thanksgiving game with simple strategy: Feed Zeke
It's Thanksgiving Day, and Ezekiel Elliott is hungry, so if you're the Dallas Cowboys, your strategy is simple:
Feed Zeke.
That's what they did on the opening drive Thursday against the Washington Redskins:
1st and 10, DAL 25: Lucky Whitehead rushes for 15 yards.
1st and 10, DAL 40: Pass to Zeke for 4 yards.
2nd and 6, DAL 44: Zeke for 20 yards.
1st and 10, WSH 36: Zeke for 12 yards.
1st and 10, WSH 24: Pass to Beasley for 13 yards.
1st and 10, WSH 11: Zeke for 7 yards.
2nd and 3: Zeke for 4 yards, TD
Even when Elliott's feet stopped moving, Zach Martin and the O-line kept him moving forward.
????? Zach Martin had Ezekiel Elliott levitating off the ground ? #DallasCowboys #CowboysNation #WASvsDAL pic.twitter.com/2oMKcNKnaf
— The Fanatics View (@thefanaticsview) November 24, 2016
The result of the drive: 7-0 Cowboys, and 43 yards plus a TD for Elliott. Watch the action live on FOX and FOX Sports GO!
Looking like Zeke is EXTRA hungry today. ? #FeedZeke
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) November 24, 2016
TOUCHDOWN @dallascowboys! #WASvsDAL https://t.co/gUjqr5B7Wp
