Patriots reportedly internet hosting RB Ezekiel Elliott on Saturday

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New England might use one other weapon to enhance rising star Rhamondre Stevenson.

Ezekiel Elliott runs with the ball below strain from Jalen Mills. Steven Senne/AP Picture

Ezekiel Elliott is reportedly visiting the Patriots on Saturday, in response to NFL insider Jordan Schultz and a number of other different information shops.

Elliott, a 28-year-old operating again who spent his first seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, is a two-time All-Professional performer. He’s racked up greater than 8,000 profession speeding yards, although his speeding yards per sport have regularly decreased each season he’s been within the league.

That is the primary crew he’ll go to for the reason that Cowboys launched him in March. A return to Dallas isn’t out of the query.

He’s presently a free agent and will pair properly alongside Patriots operating again Rhamondre Stevenson. After Stevenson, Ty Montgomery, Pierre Sturdy Jr., and Kevin Harris are subsequent on the depth chart.

Schultz famous that Elliott has “seemed terrific” in current movies he posted of his exercises. He additionally identified that this might have an effect on the “Dalvin Cook dinner derby.” Cook dinner reportedly has “about 5 suitors” and is visiting with the New York Jets this weekend. At this cut-off date, the Patriots look like within the combine however don’t look like frontrunners for Cook dinner.

Cook dinner, who turns 28 in August, is actually the identical age as Elliott. He’s made the Professional Bowl every of the final 4 seasons as a member of the Minnesota Vikings.

The Patriots additionally just lately hosted 28-year-old Leonard Fournette, who final performed for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There’s definitely a case to be made that Stevenson can deal with the workload himself, however including a confirmed veteran like Elliott, Cook dinner or Fournette might go an extended option to bolster the room as a complete.

Although Stevenson had a robust yr in 2022, the Patriots completed twenty fourth general in speeding yards per sport (106.6).

It seems very seemingly that any of these three gamers would function Stevenson’s backup or sidekick, versus his alternative because the starter.