Cowboys 'Leaving Door Open' for Ezekiel Elliott Signing - NFL Network

NFL Network's Mike Garafolo sees an opening for Dallas to use some of its $20 million in available cap space to bring Ezekiel Elliott back.

The name Ezekiel Elliott has been synonymous with Dallas Cowboys football since 2016, especially after his 8,262 yards and six touchdowns for the organization across his seven seasons.

Now a free agent following Dallas' salary cap-savvy decision to cut Elliott, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo says the Cowboys are in the market to resign the 27-year-old ballcarrier.

"Perhaps a return to Dallas, in the long run, can be where this is headed," Garafolo said on NFL Network.

Garafolo cited Mike McCarthy as saying the decision to part ways with Elliott was pure 'caponomics,' or a move based on money (Zeke’s release meant a $10.9 million cap savings) more so than skill or fit. And while this rings true, it doesn't change that Elliott ... was cut.

To Garafolo, though, the idea of Zeke's return to the Cowboys - to back up Tony Pollard - is worth clamoring about.

"Dallas still believes that he's got football left," Garafolo continued. "Now he's not going to be the lead back there, obviously, if he does return there."

But, from Garafolo's standpoint, the demand to add Elliott to an NFL roster has been scarce enough to point toward a mutual rekindling between Zeke and Dallas.

"There's really not a bunch of teams beating down his door to give him a lot of money right now," Garafolo concluded. 

If the free agent running back still hasn't garnered a sizable contract elsewhere in the league soon, maybe he won't mind settling back into his Frisco home for a substantially smaller contract than before?

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