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Pacman Jones had an extremely backhanded compliment for Ezekiel Elliott

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:01 p.m. ET

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Dan Carson

Pacman Jones has done his homework on Ezekiel Elliott.

While preparing for Sunday's game in Arlington, the Cincinnati Bengals cornerback has watched film on the Cowboys rookie running back that has carved NFL defense in his first four games of his professional career.

Jones' biggest take away from watching 'Zeke? A little girl could run behind that line.

"If you go back and look at some of the film, some of the holes are so wide open that my little girl could run through there," Jones told ESPN's Katherine Terrell.

Through four weeks, Elliott's chalked up 412 yards and three touchdowns. He's averaging 4.4 yards per carry and sits at second in the league in total yardage behind Arizona's David Johnson. This is, as Jones said, certainly a testament to the strength of the Dallas Cowboys' absurdly cohesive offensive line.

However, those yards don't happen without Elliott, whose speed, decision-making and willingness to run downhill. Jones, however, attributes Elliott's movement between the tackles to clueless opponents.

"I think a couple teams they played were very undisciplined when it comes to gaps," Jones said. "But I take my hat off to the guy, he's been playing pretty good."

It should be noted that Elliott is the first to credit his line with the success he's enjoyed through the first quarter of his debut season. He told ESPN's Todd Archer on Thursday that he plans to take his linemen out to dinner sometime in the next week.

"We haven't gone to dinner yet," Elliott said. "But I think that's something we're planning on doing this week."

If they weren't already planning to eat on the Cincinnati defense, which is allowing 3.8 yards per carry in 2016, they are now.

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