Ezekiel Elliott is dealing with a positive diagnosis of the virus that has claimed over 120,000 lives in the United States alone. But in a videochat with Cowboys superfan and YouTube host Scooter Magruder, the running back was still asked about the team’s chances of landing disgruntled Jets safety Jamal Adams in a trade.
And the 24-year-old three-time Pro Bowler confessed to a sentiment shared by many in Cowboys Nation.
“I would love to have Jamal Adams on the Dallas Cowboys.”
Yes, #CowboysNation, @ScooterMagruder made sure to ask Ezekiel Elliott if he wants Jamal Adams on the Cowboys: pic.twitter.com/eiX7RV0ghw
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) June 24, 2020
Elliott was one of “multiple” Cowboys and Texans players to test positive for coronavirus, as revealed earlier this month. On Wednesday, Elliott shared his health status with Magruder during a game of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare via Magruder’s Twitch channel.
“I would say I had maybe one or two days where I felt symptoms,” Elliott said. “And even then, it wasn’t too bad. I had a cough and a little bit of shortness of breath. Now, I would say I feel good. I feel normal.”
The two-time league rushing champ admitted that he has been unable to work out while dealing with his COVID-19 symptoms, and while he is already eligible for a retest, he is purposely not rushing his recovery.
“It won’t hurt just to wait another week and just give myself more time to rest up,” he said.
Elliott knows that not everyone who receives a diagnosis will be nearly so lucky, even as NFL personnel steam ahead toward an on-time start to a 2020 season that some medical professionals view with great skepticism.
“I do hope we have a season,” Elliott commented, as noted by Jori Epstein of USA Today. “But it has to be right.”
“I just feel like there’s a lot of moving parts that have to be figured out. I just don’t know how they can keep the players healthy. You’ve got to put the health of the players first. And it’s not even so much, I would say, the players’ health. Because I got corona, and it didn’t really affect me much. But a lot of people have kids, they may have kids with asthma, their parents or grandparents may live with them. We have to find a way to make sure the players and their families, and the coaches, also, and their families aren’t put at risk.”
But as for those persistent rumors that Adams, a Texas native who has asked the Jets to be traded, might be snatched up by the Cowboys looking to make a Super Bowl run in case a 2020 season takes place, Elliott quickly brushed off the notion that he might have inside scoop. He declared any possible trade offers from the Dallas front office “above my pay grade.”
“So, I’m sorry,” Elliott added, “I can’t help you with that.”
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