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Charles Curtis

Ezekiel Elliott had a hilarious response to anonymous coach’s criticism

ESPN put together a ranking of the top 10 current NFL players at each position by polling “more than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players.”

The list of best running backs in 2020 is out, and it’s no surprise that Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott ended up at No. 3 behind young stars Saquon Barkley and Christian McCaffrey. But when Zeke found out one NFL offensive coach ranked him at No. 11, he responded with a hilarious tweet: “Whatever that is, is faded lol.”

Why is that particularly funny? Because back in June, he made headlines for saying he was “low-key faded” on a livestream, and he later had to clarify that he was only referring to having had a few drinks.

So he took it full circle right there:

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