This is a perfect example of when you should filter your thought before sharing them to millions of views. Former NFL player and current NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger has it all planned out in what the Eagles need to do to stop him during their big Sunday Night NFC East showdown. According to a transcribe provided by Patrik Walker of Dallas 247 Sports and BleacherReport.com, Baldinger feels the Eagles should physically take Elliott out of the game by hurting him.
“They’ve got this running back, Ezekiel Elliott, the fourth pick in the draft. He shows up at the draft in New York. He’s got a belly shirt on, tuxedo collar, just arrogance. Just screams arrogance. He’s got this powder blue shirt. He’s got 703 yards. He leads the league in rushing. Everybody talks about how good the offensive line is. He’s the difference maker.”
“And it just bugs me. If I’m (Eagles defensive coordinator) Jim Schwartz right now, I’m putting a picture of Ezekiel Elliott in that belly shirt from the draft up there. This is the guy that right now, the Cowboys are making their bell cow. He’s the leader, he’s what makes it go. The quarterback has been good, but this is the guy. It’s the running game, it’s the time of possession.”
“And I just want you guys to have the same amount of … I want you guys to be irked the way I am. I want you to go to bed tonight thinking about this guy, and how pretty he is, and how good he is, because all these backs are the same. They’re all pretty, and they’re all special, and they do all these commercials until they just get tattooed.”
“Until you just pound them into the turf. Until you just drill ’em. Until their head hurts. So that bumblebee is flying around inside their helmet, so he just didn’t know how hard he just got blasted. This is the guy that we’ve gotta hurt. This is the guy we gotta take out of the game. There’s gotta be 10 guys that want to hurt him every single play. In fact, we may even put a little bounty on Ezekiel Elliott. Let’s get to Alfred Morris.”
Baldingers seems to have something against Elliott but voicing it in the form of a bounty is not cool. Suggesting that the Eagles should have 10 guys that want to hurt Zeke forcing Alford Morris has to play is extremely tasteless, disrespectful and shows his lack of respect for the game. Oddly enough, Baldinger played with the Cowboys from 1982-1987 before ending his career after two season with the Eagles in 1993.