Dallas Cowboys: 5 Bold predictions vs. Jets, Week 6

1. Zeke finds pay dirt twice

Week 4 was a nightmare of a game for running back Ezekiel Elliott. The Cowboys star runner had 18 attempts but never got anything going for himself. He finished with just 35 yards on those carries, which was an average of 1.9 per attempt.

He followed that up with a much-more effective game against the Packers. In the team’s loss, he had 62 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown but due to their deficit, he didn’t receive his normal number of carries.

Facing a New York team that lacks explosion, there’s no reason to believe Zeke won’t get upwards of 20 rushing attempts. Dallas should have no problem getting a lead over the Jets and when that happens, they’ll start to lean heavily on Elliott to keep the chains moving and the clock ticking — and they should lean on him more with Tony Pollard missing practice time during the week.

Whenever that’s the case, Zeke tends to put up big numbers. He’s the type of back that gets better the more he runs and this is the perfect game to see him take off — and that will lead to him once again crossing the goal line, although in this one it should happen multiple times.