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Kyler Murray, Ezekiel Elliott both inactive
The NFL’s Week 10 late game slate is rife with notable inactives.
Ezekiel Elliott won’t play as the Dallas Cowboys visit the Green Bay Packers, while neither Kyler Murray nor Matthew Stafford will start for the Arizona Cardinals or Los Angeles Rams, respectively, in their NFC West clash.
The big storyline at Lambeau Field will be Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy returning with his new team after 13 seasons as Packers head coach, leading them to a Super Bowl title along with Aaron Rodgers in the 2010 season.
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Four killed in hourslong Memphis shooting spree before 19-year-old suspect Ezekiel Kelly arrested, police say
Memphis, Tenn. — Police here say a man who drove around the city shooting at people, killing four, during an hourslong rampage that forced frightened people to shelter in place Wednesday has been arrested.
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Ezekiel Kelly, 19, who was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder in 2020, was taken into custody at around 9 p.m. in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven, police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said. Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said during a news conference early Thursday that charges were pending.
Four people were killed and three others wounded in seven shootings across Memphis, Davis said. The rampage began at 12:56 a.m. Wednesday and continued to about 8:30 p.m.
There were at least eight crime scenes: the seven shootings and the carjacking of a Dodge Challenger in Southaven, Mississippi, Davis said.
The suspect was arrested after he crashed during a high speed chase from Mississippi back into Memphis. It followed the carjacking in Southaven, which is south of Memphis.
CBS Memphis affiliate WREG-TV reports that the suspect got into a standoff in Memphis, refusing to get out of the vehicle, which police surrounded. The SWAT Team was called in to assist. Memphis police say the suspect was taken into custody with the help of Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies.
The arrest came about two hours after police sent out an alert saying a man driving a light blue Infiniti was responsible for multiple shootings in the city. Police said he later killed a woman in Memphis and took her grey Toyota SUV, which he left behind when he carjacked the Dodge Challenger in Southaven. Police said he recorded his actions on Facebook.
In a Facebook Live video seen by a WREG staff member, the suspect was seen getting out of a car, walking into an AutoZone and firing shots. The video was later removed from the platform.
As the shooter terrorized Memphis, public bus service was suspended and a downtown stadium where a minor-league baseball game was underway was placed on lockdown. Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other to check on their safety. TV stations cut into regular coverage to keep viewers updated.
Police received “numerous tips” from the public during the ordeal, Davis said.
The University of Memphis sent a message to students saying a shooting had been reported near the campus.
Rhodes College, which is about four miles from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place.
The area where the suspect was arrested was about 11 miles from the University of Memphis and about 12 from Rhodes College.
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“If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved,” Memphis police tweeted before the arrest.
Police didn’t discuss a motive or release the identities of those who were killed or wounded.
It was too early in the investigation to discuss how the suspect got the gun or guns used in the shootings, said Ali Roberts, acting assistant special agent in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Memphis.
Memphis has been shaken by several high-profile killings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a daylight carjacking in her driveway, the shooting of an activist during an argument over money, and the slaying of a woman who was abducted while she was on a pre-dawn run.
“I understand it feels like so much violence and evil to experience in such a short time,” Memphis City Council member Chase Carlisle said on Twitter. “We are SO much more than this.”
In February of 2020, the suspect, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, using a firearm to commit a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, court records showed. Circumstances of the case weren’t immediately known.
Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years. The suspect was released from prison in March, 11 months after he was sentenced, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.
Four killed in hours-long Memphis shooting spree before 19-year-old suspect 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly arrested, police say
Memphis, Tenn. — Police here say a man who drove around the city shooting at people killed four during an hours-long rampage that forced frightened people to shelter in place before he was arrested.
Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly was taken into custody after 9 p.m. in the Whitehaven neighborhood.
Four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings across Memphis, Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said during a news conference early Thursday. The rampage began at 12:56 a.m. Wednesday and continued to about 8:30 p.m.
There was at least eight crime scenes: the seven shootings and a carjacking in Southaven, Davis said.
That was about two hours after police sent out an alert saying a man driving a light blue Infiniti was responsible for multiple shootings in the city. Police said he later switched vehicles to a grey Toyota SUV.
Police said he recorded his actions on Facebook.
As the shooter terrorized the city, public bus service was suspended and a downtown stadium where a minor-league baseball game was underway was placed on lockdown. Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other to check on each others’ safety. TV stations cut into regular coverage to keep viewers updated.
The University of Memphis sent a message to students saying a shooting had been reported near the campus. Rhodes College, which in about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place.
The area where Kelly was arrested was about 11 miles from the University of Memphis and about 12 miles from Rhodes College. Police in Southaven, Mississippi, located south of Memphis just beyond the state line, said Kelly stole a car at a gas station there before he was arrested back in Memphis.
“If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved,” Memphis police said on Twitter, before the arrest.
Rudolph told WMC-TV that police did not know of a motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information was asked to call 911.
Memphis recently has been shaken by several high-profile killings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a daylight carjacking in her driveway, the shooting of an activist during an argument over money, and the slaying of a woman who was abducted while she was on a pre-dawn run.
“I understand it feels like so much violence and evil to experience in such a short time,” Memphis City Council member Chase Carlisle said on Twitter. “We are SO much more than this.”
Court records show in February of 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, using a firearm to commit a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. Circumstances of the case were not immediately known.
Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to three years in prison. It was not immediately known how much of the sentence he served.
Dallas Cowboys VIDEO: Ezekiel Elliott Blasted; Six Fights with Denver Broncos in Practice
DENVER – Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy had a “fight” plan. Surely, Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett had the exact same plan.
And right before Thursday’s joint practice between the two clubs here in Denver, McCarthy put the plan into words.
“That’s not toughness,” McCarthy said about “extracurricular” foolishness. “If you throw a punch in a game, you get ejected. And players who do it will be tossed from practice. … And no hitting the quarterback. … We are here for all the right reasons.”
Yeah … but nah.
As Mike Tyson famously said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
The Denver Broncos hosted the Cowboys on Thursday at their training camp facility in Centennial, Colorado, and of course, a scuffle ensued.
Actually, by our count from the sideline? Six scuffles ensued.
Here’s one …
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Here is a play featuring Ezekiel Elliott that probably should have ignited a brawl. …
The Cowboys and Broncos both enter the 2022 season with lofty goals, and the idea of this session was to in some ways double the work benefits. But as one Dallas coach told CowboysSI.com after the Mile High dust settled, “If you have more fights than touchdowns, you start wasting your time.”
This is not to say that some things went unaccomplished; QB Dak Prescott was sharp, precise and mobile. CeeDee Lamb was a tough cover. It looked like Terence Steele and Kelvin Joseph has solid days. And Micah Parsons gave Denver QB Russell Wilson nightmares.
But as Dallas and Denver prepare to clash Saturday night in each team’s first preseason game, at Empower Field at Mile High.
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This may be Ezekiel Elliott’s last stand with the Cowboys because of his bloated contract
OXNARD, Calif. — Ever since the Dallas Cowboys signed Ezekiel Elliott to one of the worst running back contracts in recent history, it has felt as if a clock was ticking on his departure.
It also established a bit of training camp echo Wednesday, featuring a familiar storyline from a year ago. Something along the lines of: What can this team expect to get out of Ezekiel Elliott this season, and how much longer can it wait for him to live up to his elite salary?
The answer last season was promising early, until Elliott suffered a partially torn PCL in Week 4, triggering what eventually became a frustrating decline over the remaining three months of the schedule. Elliott remaining on the field through the injury, but he didn’t resemble anything close to his best level of play.
The result was an offseason amplification of two questions that were destined to weigh on Elliott the moment he signed his six-year, $90 million extension in 2019: How much longer can Elliott be an elite running back, and when does that answer come to a crossroads with his salary?
To some, that intersection is already here. And the result has been a training camp where it’s fair to question whether 2022 is the beginning of the end of his time in Dallas, a point he doesn’t seem to be pondering in spite of the questions orbiting around him.
“I think it’s a big season, but you can’t look too far down the road,” Elliott said of his future. “I think if I focus on every day, if I focus on having a good day of camp, if I focus on taking it week by week, I think everything will handle itself. And I don’t think there’s really a reason to look that far down the road. I think if I handle my business every day then I’ll be in a pretty good situation at the end of the season.”
Will Zeke suffer the same fate as other big-money RBs?
Regardless of whether he’s thinking about it or not, the rationale questioning Elliott’s deal won’t be going away anytime soon. Partially because the Cowboys have another running back in Tony Pollard who has at times shown bigger play ability in more limited usage. Also because Elliott’s contract was seemingly set up for scrutiny from the start, thanks to a litany of elite running back deals transforming into franchise warts. It started with the constant backdrop of the Todd Gurley debacle with the Los Angeles Rams — which saw a four-year, $60 million extension turn into an unforgettable disaster for the franchise.
It didn’t stop there, with essentially all of Elliott’s other highly paid RB contemporaries struggling to live up to their deals. To date, the Carolina Panthers have failed to get a return on Christian McCaffrey’s four-year $64 million extension. Behind it, the Arizona Cardinals began trying to shed David Johnson’s three-year $39 million extension one season after he signed it. Even Alvin Kamara’s five-year $75 million extension from the 2020 season is already teetering on the edge of some criticism, given his health issues in 2021 and an off-field incident that could cost him a suspension this season.
All have been storylines supporting an ideology that has grown strong roots throughout the league. One that suggests running back windows should either be restricted to their rookie deals, after which extensions should be approached by driving a hard bargain and structuring a contract with an easy exit.
Dallas didn’t do that with Elliott, much to the chagrin of a fan base that has seemingly grown frustrated with a player whose best production came in his first four seasons and then faded after 2019. Now he enters 2022 with back-to-back seasons of injured or ineffective play and with Pollard pushing for more touches in the backfield.
Some of the circumstances surrounding Elliott haven’t helped at times, like Dak Prescott’s season-ending injury in 2020 and the offensive line implosion that followed. Elliott also played last season through a PCL injury, during which he could have shut himself down for a stretch rather than grinding out whatever he could while playing a thankless role of a top-shelf blocker in the backfield.
Contract will complicate Dallas’ decision
Simply being available isn’t going to change the reality of expectations this season, when Elliott is seemingly entering on a “bounce-back or else” measuring stick. At least, that’s how it appears. It’s worth noting that his economics aren’t as simple this offseason as they will be a year from now.
While the topic of Elliott’s potential release next offseason has already gained traction entering this camp, the numbers are not as cut and dried as it would seem. Yes, he carries a non-guaranteed base salary of $10.9 million in 2023. But he also has $11.86 million in various bonuses that would accelerate onto the salary cap as dead money if he’s traded or released next season.
On a base level, the money vs. talent question is simple. The Cowboys can get rid of Elliott and incur a cap charge of $11.86 million, or they can keep him and incur a cap charge of $16.72 million. Pressing those two numbers against each other, it comes down to whether Elliott is worth carrying an extra $4.86 million in 2023. And if he isn’t, what kind of player is replacing Elliott on the roster in 2023 for only $4.86 million.
“The question is whether he’s still in decline this year,” one league source said of Elliott. “He looks like a player in decline. If that’s who he is, then he might not be much more than a mediocre running back by the time you make that decision. If he kills it this year, then obviously you know the answer, because you’re not going to get a better player for [$4.86 million] to replace him. But if he declines again this year, it doesn’t matter how much money you save or not. At that point it’s better to just take the savings and move the opportunity to a player who can do more with it.”
That summation right there — that is the question the Cowboys have to grapple with.
How good can Elliott be in 2022, and what is the replacement cost in 2023? Those questions are about the next two seasons rather than just this one. Dallas knows this. And it’s why the coaching staff and front office keep using whatever language they can muster about why he’s still important to the team.
It’s why head of player personnel Stephen Jones says “nobody competes like Zeke,” as if that’s a data point that makes up for the gap between performance and pay.
It’s why head coach Mike McCarthy calls him a “keystone player” who does “all the extra little stuff,” largely because he knows Elliott is lacking the big statistical “stuff” that makes his salary easy to justify.
The Cowboys are looking for reasons to keep Elliott in the fold until he returns to a style of play that ultimately demands his spot in 2023. If he can do that, there is some financial sense to justify it. If he can’t, then he’ll have made the Cowboys’ decision for them, regardless of what’s to blame this time around.
Dallas Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott not feeling pressure over contract, future with team
OXNARD, Calif. — With no guaranteed money on Ezekiel Elliott’s contract beyond 2022, many wonder if this is his last year with the Dallas Cowboys.
Elliott is not one of those wondering.
“I think it is a big season, but I think you can’t look too far down the road,” Elliott said. “I think if I focus on every day, if I focus on having a good day of camp, if I focus on taking it week by week, I think everything will handle itself. And I don’t think there’s really a reason to look that far down the road. I think if I handle my business every day, then I’ll be in a pretty good situation at the end of the season.”
Elliott’s $12.4 million base salary is fully guaranteed as part of the $90 million extension he signed in 2019. The Cowboys have an easier path financially to move on from him in 2023 because there is no more guaranteed money in his contract. He is set to make $10.9 million in 2023.
Elliott’s per-game rushing average has dropped each season, from 108.7 yards per game in 2016, his rookie year, to 58.9 in 2021.
A big reason for the drop last year was a partially torn posterior ligament in his right knee, which he suffered in the fourth game of the season. Elliott was on pace for more than 1,500 yards through the first five games last season with five touchdowns. He topped 69 yards just once in the final 12 games and finished with 1,002 yards and 10 touchdowns on 237 carries.
For more than a month he wore a bulky brace on his knee for added protection as the injury limited his burst.
“It definitely was frustrating and definitely frustrating certain parts of the year, but it’s football,” Elliott said. “I think today might be the only day everyone’s going to be 100%. From here on out, everyone’s going to have a couple bumps and bruises and no one’s going to be 100, so just trying to do everything I can off the field to make sure I preserve my health and am ready for Sundays.”
Elliott never considered missing a game. He has missed just one game in his career due to injury.
“Top of the list on his redeeming qualities and there’s a lot of players you see around the league who if things aren’t just right, they’ll sit down. That’s not Zeke,” executive vice president Stephen Jones said. “He wants to be out there for his team, his teammates and I admire the hell out of that and what 21’s all about. One thing’s for sure: We’re going to get 21’s best effort, week in and week out. And he’s a great football player.”
Elliott admitted to some concern the knee was not healing fast enough after the season ended, but surgery was never an option.
“I was a little worried at the beginning of the season, like, ‘Dang, this thing still kind of feels a little iffy,'” Elliott said. “But I’ll say probably a month or two into the offseason, a month or two getting back into work, and I’ll say probably by the time OTAs hit, I was back 100.”
Elliott was able to work with his personal coach, Josh Hicks, before training camp.
“It’s tough being injured and kind of feeling yourself lose a step,” Elliott said. “So it definitely helped me get back to moving at the speed I was used to and bringing that confidence back to myself — back to my body, back to my mind that I could make those cuts.”
With Elliott and Tony Pollard, the Cowboys believe they have one of the best running back tandems in the NFL. Pollard had a career-high 719 yards on 130 carries last year. He also caught 39 passes for 337 yards, which has led some to call for a more equitable split in touches.
Pollard and Elliott could see more action on the field together this year as the Cowboys look to replace some of receiver Amari Cooper’s production in different ways. But Elliott will remain a key figure.
“Zeke Elliott is one of our rocks on this team,” McCarthy said. “He’s a keystone player. The communication, his ability to do all the extra little stuff and those are things I obviously get to look at and be a part of. The extra work he puts in pre-practice, post-practice, Tuesdays, I mean he’s in the quarterback meetings in the morning. The physical part of it — he overcame a lot to play and I think that speaks volumes about him and you need those type of individuals to win championships.”