Cowboys Jerry Jones says Ezekiel Elliott

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After mi sing only his second NFL game due to injury, has a  Joe Horn Jersey good chance at being back on the field when the return from their bye week to face the in Week 10.Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones expre sed optimism that his 27-year-old running back will be back on the field when Dallas resumes the regular season. Elliott has been dealing with a knee injury that ultimately kept him out of the Cowboys' most recent win of the season, a blowout win over the Bears in Week 8."I think he has a great opportunity to play against the Packers," Jones said, . "The bye came at a great time. I think most of these injured players, if not all that were inactive (against the ) have a great chance to Ken Crawley Jersey  be back and play against the Packers."A three-time Pro Bowler and two-time league rushing champion, Elliott has rushed for 443 yards and four touchdowns this season while averaging 4.1 yards-per-carry. He has yet to hit the century mark in a game this season and has received over 20 carries in a game just once.             DAL  RB  #21  Att109Yds443TD4FL0 While Elliott has more carries, fourth-year running back has emerged as the Cowboys' leading rusher through eight games. Pollard has 506 yards and five touchdowns this season after rushing for 131 yards and three touchdowns on Andrus Peat Jersey  just 14 carries in last Sunday's win over Chicago.               DAL  RB  #20  Att81Yds506TD5FL0 Despite Pollard's succe s, Jones said earlier this week that Elliott will continue to be the Cowboys' starting running back when he KeiVarae Russell Jersey  is healthy enough to return to the field. Jones said that Elliott's physical running nature, as well as his pa s protection prowe s, are among the reasons why he will continue to be the team's starting running back."We're going to go as Zeke goes," Jones said. "He's that integral to our succe s this year."While Elliott will remain in the starting lineup, Cowboys running backs coach Skip Peete said this week that both running backs will be vital to the team's succe s down the stretch.  "I've always felt - at that position - you've always gotta have two guys that help each other Jonathan Vilma Jersey ," "And it helps if the running styles are a little bit different. The contrast presents a different effect to the defense. I learned that a long time ago."