Ezekiel Elliott plans to use challenging 2nd season as "fuel for next year"
After everything Ezekiel Elliott has been through off the field the last several months, he badly wanted to keep playing football into January. Reality set in for Elliott and the Cowboys after Sunday’s 6-0 road victory over the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The team finished the 2017 season with a winning record (9-7), but their hunt to get back to the postseason won’t start for more than nine months. With no playoffs upcoming, the players will clean out their lockers, c