The Chargers will get some help before the playoffs start this weekend.
Ezekiel Elliott has agreed to a contract with the Chargers, allowing Los Angeles to deepen its running back depth for a wild-card showdown with the Texans, according to multiple reports.
Posted by NFL Network's Ian Rapoport Elliott will be signed to the Chargers' practice squad, and the team hopes to get him “accustomed quickly.”
FOX Sports' Jordan Schultz reports. Several playoff teams have expressed interest in Elliott, ultimately liking the way the former Cowboys running back would fit in with head coach Jim Harbaugh and starting quarterback Justin Herbert. thing.
The Cowboys released Elliott on Dec. 31 prior to the team's final game of the season, and he appeared in 15 games this year before ending his second stint in Dallas.
Elliott was originally drafted by the Cowboys in 2015 and played eight years in Dallas before being released after the 2022 season.
He played one year in New England in 2023 and returned to Dallas this season on a one-year deal.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement after his release that the team released Elliott to give him a chance to play in the postseason.
“Out of respect and gratitude for Zeke, and in the interest of providing him with the opportunity to pursue as much of a playoff berth as possible, we have today decided to remove him from the Cowboys roster,” he said. said in a statement. “As we have said many times before, Zeke's influence as one of the greatest to ever grace the helmet of a star player will never change and will forever be etched in our record books and history. We thank him, we love him and we wish him all the best.”
Elliott has 226 yards and three scores for the Cowboys this season and will bring valuable pass blocking ability to the Chargers in the playoffs.
