There was a time, as ridiculous as it seems now, when the Dallas Cowboys made a show of trying to tamp down expectations for Ezekiel Elliott.On a sun-splashed practice field in Oxnard, California, in early August, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan stood and talked about his rookie running back. At this time, Elliott had a hamstring injury that was keeping him out of practice a bit. Linehan said all the right things.Weve got to do the right thing by him. Hes a rookie, and so you have to make sure he gets the time he needs to develop, Linehan said, then he smiled. But then I watch what he can do out here, and I think its going to be pretty hard to take him off the field.The Cowboys arent going to take Elliott off the field. Their greatest current fear, as a matter of fact, is that commissioner Roger Goodell might take him off the field. But unless the NFL decides to suspend Elliott as a result of its investigation into domestic violence allegations against him, there appears to be nothing that can stop the former Ohio State star at the present time.With 1,005 rushing yards through nine games, with three touchdowns (including the game winner) in Sundays comeback-over-and-over victory in Pittsburgh, Elliott is dominating the league. Running behind the NFLs most dominant offensive line and taking handoffs from the only man besides him who has half a case for Offensive Rookie of the Year, Elliott is currently the most potent offensive force in the game.At this point, even with Tony Romo healthy enough to play, Dak Prescott deserves to be the Cowboys quarterback. But Ezekiel Elliott deserves to be the leagues MVP.Theres a lot going on in Dallas that has put the Cowboys star rookies in position to succeed. Merely decent offensive line play gives you a weekly advantage in the NFL of 2016, but the Cowboys are, in this area, dominant. Entering Sundays games, Elliott had 495 rushing yards before first contact this season -- third most in the league. He added 82 more (out of his 114 total) on Sunday night. After ambling through a hole the size of an airplane hangar door on the game-winning touchdown, Elliott said, It parted like the Red Sea. All I had to do was run.But neither Elliott nor anyone else should sell him short as a runner. He also carried with him into Sundays action a league-leading 396 yards after first contact. He?has the ability to shed tackles and maintain his momentum. He has the ability to separate from pursuers in the open field. Hes strong enough as a pass protector that the Cowboys dont have to take him off the field on third downs.?They also view him as a strong receiver, though they havent used his receiving skills much. His 83-yard catch-and-run touchdown Sunday showcased another breathtaking element of Elliotts game that may be yet to come.Elliott is, through nine games, everything the Cowboys expected him to be when they used the No. 4 pick in the draft on him. They knew they had the killer offensive line; they saw Elliott as a player who could help them maximize it. Together, he and the slobs (as he calls them) up front are executing the Cowboys offseason vision in a way even their most optimistic decision-makers could not have envisioned. They thought hed help make Romos life easier. Its a major bonus that hes doing that instead for fellow rookie Prescott.Eight of the past nine NFL MVP awards have gone to quarterbacks, and before its all said and done guys like Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Derek Carr and even Prescott may have their say in who wins it this year. 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It might be hard for a fighter to sport a nickname like The California Kid when hes 37 and a veteran of 43 professional fights, but for the final time on Saturday, Urijah Faber will flash his youthful smile as he makes the walk to the Octagon in front of his partisan home crowd.Faber (33-10) will cap a 13-year MMA career when he faces fellow veteran Brad Pickett (25-12) in a three-round bantamweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Sacramento, California.Its kind of a weird thing to think this would be the last one, but I like being able to finish when I have my wits about me and have my body intact, Faber told ESPNs Brett Okamoto during a recent visit to training camp in Sacramento. The fights havent been bringing as much of a rise and a fall of emotion as they have in the past. Not meaning I dont enjoy it, but its just different for me, so I think thats kind of an indicator.Faber, a former WEC featherweight champion, made five title defenses between 2006 and 2008. He went on to challenge unsuccessfully for WEC and UFC on five more occasions, building a legacy along the way as a fan-friendly fighter, including a trilogy with current UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.[My legacy] is bringing a great attitude into the cage, being creative when I fight [and] being willing to fight anybody at any time, Faber said.dddddddddddd In the lighter weights I was one of the first guys to be in the limelight.Faber enters Saturdays bout having lost three of his last four, including a unanimous decision loss to Cruz in June. His loss to Jimmie Rivera in September marked the first time in his career that he lost consecutive fights. Pickett, 38, enters having lost four of his last five bouts.One thing Faber guarantees is that his career finale with Pickett will be an action-packed fight and something thats meaningful to go out with. He said hell also enjoy getting one more chance to play the role of rock star, which includes walking out to his iconic entrance song, California Love.When people think about dreaming big, the closest you can come to being a rock star is having a walk through a hall where everybody is looking at you or screaming at you, waiting on your every single move, Faber said. Thats something that will definitely be missed or at least just gone. So Ill miss that. ' ' '