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Elliott was two touchdowns away from passing Tony Dorsett as second all-time in Dallas Cowboys history for rushing touchdowns.

The Dallas Cowboys for the second time in his career on Tuesday before the team’s Week 18 finale against the Washington Commanders on Sunday.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave a statement about releasing Elliott shortly after the news dropped.

“Out of respect and appreciation for Zeke and wanting to provide him with an opportunity to pursue any potential playoff participation possible, we are releasing him from the Cowboys roster today,” Jones said. “As I have said many times previously, Zeke’s impact as one of the greatest to ever play with the Star on their helmet will never change and is etched in our record books and history forever. We thank him, love him and wish him the absolute best.”

Ezekiel’s agent Rocky Arceneaux released a statement after Jones.

“I’d like to thank Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys for affording Zeke this unique opportunity in granting us our release,” Arceneaus said. “Even though nothing is imminent Zeke is excited about the possibilities and is grateful. He’s got a lot of good football left in him, and will remain a Dallas Cowboy for life.”

Jerry Jones continues to keep McCarthy’s future with the team under wraps.

“We’ve got this game ahead of us, but I’ll assure you that I have been for weeks thinking about how we go forward after this season.” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan Tuesday morning.

Jones was asked a lot about the status of head coach Mike McCarthy, but did not provide any insight into where he was leaning with his decision about his future.

“I don’t have any comment this morning other than what you just said, and I think the fan sentiment has shown that Mike’s certainly got the kind of coaching background and coaching success that would make him a very qualified coach in the NFL.” Jones said.

“What I’m not going to do this morning is to get into any indication one way or the other that I’m not interested in having Mike back, I don’t want that to be the case at all.”

Despite reports swirling that McCarthy would have several suitors if he decided not to return to Dallas, Jones echoed confidence in the job that McCarthy has done over the course of his five seasons with the Cowboys

“Well, I feel good about Mike McCarthy,” Jones said. “The main thing is, I like the job that he’s done, it’s unfortunate we’ve had the year that we’ve had, but I feel good about Mike.”

The Cowboys are outside the Top 10 in draft order heading into Week 18.

Whatever the case, the Cowboys did lose last week and also saw some other teams who were in front of them (at the time) in the 2025 NFL Draft order win. This is a great combination of events!

As we get set to enter the final week of the season, the Cowboys hold the 13th overall pick.

Fans of the Cincinnati Bengals are likely going to be upset with the way things have gone if their team winds up missing the playoffs. That is how Cowboys fans were feeling a week ago when Dallas was coming off of four wins in their previous five games.

Still though, at this time a week ago the Cowboys held the 15th overall pick per projections but their loss saw them move up just a bit. For what it’s worth, the last time the Cowboys organically held a pick this high was in 2021 when they were originally sitting at 10 overall before moving down to 12 with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cowboys eventually took Micah Parsons and the rest is history.

Here’s to hoping the Cowboys can pick up a bit more help and creep even higher before this all locks up on Sunday.

Updates on the Cowboys Sunday opponent, the Commanders.

Great signing

One of Quinn’s big moves was hiring Kliff Kingsbury as his offensive coordinator.

With Kingsbury in control, Washington ranks fifth in the league in points scored (462), fourth in total yards (6,015), third in rushing yards (2,506), and 16th in passing yards (3,509).

Kingsbury joined the Commander after serving as a senior offensive analyst at USC in 2023. Prior to his time at USC, Kingsbury served as the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals for four seasons (2019-22). In his time with the Cardinals, he helped develop quarterback Kyler Murray before taking over an offense led by Daniels.

From 2013-18, Kingsbury served as the head coach at his alma mater, Texas Tech.

Former Cowboys oversee defense

Much is made of the Commanders’ offensive accomplishments, but their defense has also contributed to the successful season.

Washington’s defensive coordinator is Joe Whitt Jr., who joined the Commanders after serving as the secondary/defensive passing game coordinator for the Cowboys the previous three seasons (2021-23).

Washington’s defense is ninth in the league in yards allowed per game, averaging 323.8 yards. The Commanders have the third-best pass defense in the NFL, allowing 187.1 yards per game. On the ground, Washington allows 136.7 yards per game, the 28th-ranked unit in the league. Washington’s defense has 41 sacks (T-11th). Dante Fowler Jr., another former Cowboy, leads the team with 10.5 sacks this season. Linebacker Frankie Luvu has eight sacks.