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Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott has been one of the NFL's best running backs through the first two months of the season. He's currently second in the league in rushing and is averaging 5.1 yards per carry. And for all the success Dak Prescott has enjoyed, the rookie quarterback's life has been made immeasurably easier by sharing the backfield with Elliott.

On Sunday, the 4-2 Eagles face the 5-1 Cowboys. This is relevant because on Friday, NFL Network personality and Eagles preseason analyst Brian Baldinger suggested on Philly radio show that the Eagles need to put a bounty on Elliott, apparently because Elliott is, you know, good, but also because he showed up to the 2016 NFL Draft wearing this:

"They've got this running back Ezekiel Elliott, the fourth pick in the draft. He shows up at the draft in New York with a belly shirt on, a tuxedo collar, just arrogance," Baldinger said during an appearance on 97.5 The Fanatic. "Just screams arrogance. The powder blue shirt. He's got 703 yards. He leads the league in rushing. Everybody talks about how good the offensive line is. He's the difference maker.

"Well he hasn't been hit by an Eagle yet. He hasn't been tattooed into that pretty little turf that Jerry built down there. This is the guy that we gotta hurt. This is the guy that we gotta take out of the game," Baldinger continued. "There's gotta be 10 guys that want to hurt him every single play. In fact, we may even put a little bounty on Ezekiel Elliott. Let's get to Alfred Morris.

"I'm sick of hearing everybody talk about how good the offensive line is, and how good this guy is. This is the guy that makes them go. This is the guy we've gotta take out."

Was Baldinger serious? Was it just radio-talk-show gum-flapping?

Who knows but he was singing a different tune back in March, before Elliott accidentally tapped into Baldinger's hatred for half-shirts.

"I think he might be the best overall player in the whole draft. I don't think I'm overstating that. I think his tape shows that," Baldinger announced on NFL Network at the time. "(I thought) when (Dallas) could not figure out a way to keep DeMarco Murray last year, that this team was going to go down, and they did. They went from 12-4 to 4-12. A lot of things happened, however, I think with that offensive line and the way they want to play football -- nothing against what (Darren) McFadden did (last) year, but we know his injury history -- they need a stud at that position. I think what their offensive success is predicated on."

Fun fact: Baldinger, who played from 1982-1993, began his career with the Cowboys (1982-1987) and finished his career with the Eagles (1992-1993).

Flashback: The Bounty Bowls

Fun fact, part deux (via the Dallas Morning News): On Thanksgiving Day back in 1989, Jimmy Johnson's first year in Dallas, he accused then-Eagles coach Buddy Ryan of offering a $500 bounty on quarterback Troy Aikman and a $200 reward for any Eagles player taking out kicker Luis Zendejas. The kicker had been cut by Philadelphia earlier that season. The game was later dubbed the Bounty Bowl.

The two teams played again two weeks later, in what was billed as Bounty Bowl II, and the Eagles swept the series.

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Former Eagles coach Buddy Ryan was accused of placing bounties on Cowboys players. Getty Images

And in case you're wondering, all eight CBSSports.com experts have the Cowboys beating the Eagles.