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The Dallas Cowboys selected eight players in the 2024 NFL Draft. However, team owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones did not select a running back in this year's class.
That didn't thrill Cowboys fans who wanted to see the team add some talent at the position, where Dallas currently doesn't have an established player after Tony Pollard signed a free-agent deal with the Tennessee Titans.
Is it any wonder that there's interest and excitement in the Cowboys possibly reuniting with Ezekiel Elliott, who rushed for 8,262 yards and 86 touchdowns for Dallas from 2016-2022.
Jones spoke with reporters after the Cowboys finished Day 3 of the draft and was asked about the team selecting three offensive linemen. In his view, the 2024 crop of talent was strong at the position and Dallas just took advantage of that. Fortunately, he explained it much more colorfully than that.
"Why do you rob banks?" said Jones, via The Athletic's Jon Machota. "Because that's where the money is."
Though amusing, Jones' answer didn't address the running back question. That was left to executive vice president, chief operating officer and director of player personnel Stephen Jones.
As the younger Jones explained, the Cowboys had a different player graded higher than a running back each time their selection came up. He expects the team to add someone in free agency.
However, with undrafted free agents now being signed, the Cowboys still haven't added a running back. Maybe the front office hasn't seen anyone worth inking to a deal, though Washington's Dillon Johnson (1,195 rushing yards last season) and Southern Miss' Frank Gore Jr. (1,131 yards) were among those available.
Meanwhile, the Dallas depth chart at running back is currently topped by Rico Dowdle. The South Carolina product rushed for 361 yards last season, averaging 4.1 yards per carry. After Dowdle is Deuce Vaughn, who ran for 40 yards. The team did sign Royce Freeman, who rushed for 319 yards with the Los Angeles Rams in 2023-24.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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