Dak Prescott thrilled to have close friend Ezekiel Elliott back with Cowboys: 'Nobody better than him'

After a year apart, Ezekiel Elliott and the Cowboys are back together.

Call it a reconciliation, if you must. Dak Prescott sees it more like a reunion Dallas sorely needed.

"Super excited. Just obviously knowing our history, my experience with him as a brother, but, in this case, as a teammate, understanding what he brings to the team," Prescott said Wednesday, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "Just the locker room alone, the culture he sets, a guy that does everything the right way from, from the locker room to the field."

Prescott didn't outright admit Dallas lacked such a presence last season, but the Cowboys undoubtedly needed help at running back entering 2024, especially after losing Tony Pollard to free agency. The Cowboys' gamble -- that Pollard could replace Elliott's production as a lead back -- didn't quite pay off in 2023, with Pollard finishing with slightly worse final statistics operating without Elliott than he did in 2022, their last season spent together.

When Pollard departed Dallas for Nashville, Dallas was left with a significant hole at running back, and little cash to spend on a replacement. That's how the Cowboys ended up circling back to Elliott, a veteran who needed a job after spending 2023 as a committee back with the Patriots.

Prescott has plenty of reason to be giddy. He and Elliott entered the NFL together as members of the same 2016 class and carried Dallas to prominence throughout their seven seasons spent together.

They're close friends, and as they each embark on their ninth professional seasons, they're together once again. Prescott sees the partnership as nothing but positive, especially now that they're senior members of the locker room.

"He's honest, what you see is what you get as I