The Facts: The Cowboys made Elliott‘s release official on March 16. Despite his public wish list of teams for whom he would like to play, the running back remains a free agent. He isn’t likely to receive an offer until after the draft when teams reassess where they are and what their remaining needs are. The team, though, has kept the door ajar for Elliott’s possible return if it doesn’t draft a running back. “I know myself, and I can tell you there’s a lot of people not only on the team but the organization that would love that,” Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said on The Adam Schefter podcast. “We understand that this is a business and the market changes and things go up and down, so it doesn’t always work out the way we see it, but hopefully, that could happen.”

Diehards Line:The Cowboys used the franchise tag on Tony Pollard, so he will start in 2023. They signed veteran Ronald Jones to join Rico Dowdle and Malik Davis in the running backs room. Texas running back Bijan Robinson is a possibility for Dallas if he unexpectedly falls that far. Even short of landing Robinson, the odds Elliott returns seem slim. Elliott had the Bengals, Eagles and Jets on his wish list, but those teams did not show interest. He had career lows in carries (231), rushing yards (876), yards per attempt (3.8), touches (248) and yards from scrimmage (968) in 2022. His longest run was only 27 yards.