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Key to Carolina’s first win is stopping Ezekiel Elliott. How? Panthers D-line has plan.

Pick an adjective, any adjective.

For Mario Addison, it’s leaky. For Wes Horton, powerful. Or as Kawann Short says, he’s just good.

The truth of the matter is, just about any adjective that describes Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is true. There’s the breakaway speed and change of direction ability, sure, but also a brutish, physical running style. Get in front of an Elliott run, and there’s always the chance he bulldozes through you.

“He can do basically everything,” Addison said this week. “He can catch, and he can run real good. He can read holes very well.