New Buccaneers running back coach Skip Peete is preparing for his first season with the team after spending three seasons in the same position with the Cowboys. He, like many coaches and players, is trying to acclimate to the new coaching staff, players and city he joined during the offseason. His former Dallas tailback Ezekiel Elliott, on the other hand, remains unsigned.
Elliott was released by the Cowboys in March after another year where his carries decreased, in large part because of Tony Pollard’s emergence in the backfield. Peete thinks Elliott’s hesitance to accept a lesser role is the reason why he remains unsigned.
“I think that’s part of the reason he’s sitting out there,” Peete said, per the Tampa Bay Times. “If you’re going to play, I mean, you’re going to be the second and third guy. That’s kind of what the price is. So. that’s something that a person has to be able to see that that is what it is going to be.”
