The Dallas Cowboys have a big matchup this week on the road against the Atlanta Falcons. An inter-conference matchup while Dallas remains one game below .500 (3-4) is as close to a “must win” as you can get at this point in the season.
Atlanta is 5-3 through their first eight games and have been playing sound football this year. It won’t be easy for Dallas to take down Atlanta in front of their home crowd.
Now that task just got even more difficult.
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In Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will be a healthy scratch:
According to Cowboys reporter Todd Archer, the veteran back will not travel to Atlanta due to disciplinary reasons.
“Ezekiel Elliott will not be active vs. Atlanta and will not make the trip with the Cowboys because of disciplinary reasons, according to a source,” Archer reported on Saturday. “First time he is a healthy scratch in a non-season finale in his career.”
Elliott has been widely criticized this season as the Cowboys have the NFL’s worst rushing offense. His absence should see Dalvin Cook feature prominently after he was elevated to the main roster ahead of their previous game.
The Cowboys are going into Sunday’s game against the Falcons with a 3-4 record, which puts them third in the NFC East. They will be keen on a positive result against the Kirk Cousins-led side.
Here is a look at Elliott’s stats so far this season:
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 2024-10-27 | DAL | @ | SFO | L 24-30 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 3.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0% | 4.0 | 11 | 3.5 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-10-13 | DAL | DET | L 9-47 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024-10-06 | DAL | @ | PIT | W 20-17 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 6 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-26 | DAL | @ | NYG | W 20-15 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 100.0% | 5.0 | 6 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-22 | DAL | BAL | L 25-28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 50.0% | 3.0 | 4 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-15 | DAL | NOR | L 19-44 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 15 | 66.7% | 5.3 | 8 | 4.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-08 | DAL | @ | CLE | W 33-17 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | 100.0% | 4.5 | 12 | 4.1 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
