Ranking NFL ‘Triplets’: Cowboys Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, CeeDee Lamb Top 10?

FRISCO – We by no means actually heard of the idea of “The Triplets” till Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin joined forces within the 1990’s to guide the Dallas Cowboys to a trio of Tremendous Bowl titles.

And, reality be informed, we did not even hear the nickname used till late of their run.

However now? It is a … “factor.” Each workforce has acquired to have its “triplets,” or at the very least, that is how the media perceives it.

And subsequently alongside comes the “Rating the NFL Triplets,” a enjoyable parlor sport if nothing extra.

And, in case you are a Cowboys fan, you hope – each by way of your workforce getting respect and by way of your workforce having top-notch expertise on the ability positions – that Dallas will get a point out right here.

And certainly, Dallas is available in at No. 7 within the CBS rating. To wit, the creator writes:

“I believe that if we swapped out Elliott for Tony Pollard, who has been extra environment friendly and extra explosive than Elliott in every of his three NFL seasons, the Cowboys would possibly rank greater than this. However the Cowboys themselves refuse to chop Elliott’s snap share and provides Pollard extra work, so we won’t try this, both. Zeke’s backslide, Prescott’s accidents, and the open query of how Lamb will do because the unquestioned No. 1 choice on this offense knocked Dallas out of the highest 5 (and Tier 1) for the primary time in the previous few seasons, however the Cowboys did obtain votes (from CBS writers and editors) as excessive as fourth within the league and didn’t obtain any that may have ranked them decrease than Tier 2.”

Our response? We’re a bit exhausted by the Zeke-vs.-Pollard argument, as we have tried to clarify that the Cowboys do not see it as a “versus” in any respect. We’re additionally unsure why “Prescott’s accidents” is a headlining problem; he will get banged round as a lot as the following QB however final yr missed just one sport as a consequence of damage. The “open query about Lamb”? Viable till we see proof that proprietor Jerry Jones is true about CeeDee being higher than the departed Amari Cooper.

However high seven? Dallas will take it … whereas hoping the offensive line and the protection may maintain up their ends.

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