Take Meter level: 10 After the Dallas Cowboys — “his” Dallas Cowboys — played poorly in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday and Dallas Pro Bowl back Ezekiel Elliott was held to 47 rushing yards on 20 carries, Bayless turned up the Take Meter to 10. Just before kickoff, Bayless posted this photo of himself to Twitter, saying it was going to be “Zeke's Night”: But as Elliott struggled, Bayless had a Twitter meltdown. A sampling: “Well, here we go again: The Cowboys come out for a huge national TV home game NOT READY TO PLAY on offense or defense.