Ezekiel Elliott is the most half-naked man in football

Pants are overrated.

Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is a trendsetter. A fashion pioneer. He’s getting back to the most basic of basics by ensuring his postgame interviews are free and easy. Unrestricted by social norms — or pants. It’s the old-time news anchor idiom of being naked under the desk re-contextualized in professional football, and we’re all for it.

It’s not just pants that Zeke has shunned. He has a long-standing history of amazing half-naked and semi-naked behavior that other players should adopt.

The thing that’s great about the cropped jersey is nostalgia. It’s the perfect throwback to a time where it was OK to be a Lawrence Taylor fan, and a magical era before Adam Sandler ever made a version of The Longest Yard.

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to wear pants at that specific height without showing butt crack? This isn’t a science, it’s an art — and Zeke has mastered it. The real letdown in this very good photo is Urban Meyer. Should have stripped down, too.

Thank you, Ezekiel Elliott. For showing the world just how wonderful and freeing the human body can be.