The latest legal volley in the Ezekiel Elliott case has gone in the NFL’s favor. The Second Circuit has ruled in favor of the Cowboys’ running back. His six-game suspension goes into effect immediately, meaning that he will not be eligible to return until Dec. 24 against the Seahawks unless there is another ruling to shift things back in his favor. 
The “good news” for Elliott is that his appeal will be heard on an expedited basis. It’s possible that he will be able to get another ruling from the courts before the six-game suspension ends.
Today’s hearing lasted only 30 minutes and ended without a ruling right away. Minutes later, however, the judging panel came back with a verdict to deny Elliott’s request for an injunction.
While Elliott is out, the Cowboys are expected to lean on Alfred Morris, Rod Smith, and Darren McFadden to keep the running game moving. Those three cannot offer the same explosiveness as Elliott, but it’s as good of a Plan B as anyone could have in the NFL.
Elliott, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2016 draft, has 783 yards and seven touchdowns off of 191 carries this season (4.1 yards per carry). He also has 19 catches for 210 yards and two scores.
Assuming the ban holds up, Elliott will miss games against the Falcons, Eagles, Chargers, Redskins, Giants, and Raiders.
And I just picked up Alfred Morris for the 5th time…
Seems like we’ve heard this before lol. Feel like I’m in the twilight zone with this story haha. I don’t care how it ends up I just hope it sticks one way or another so we don’t have to hear about it again
The NFL has been like the old movie ‘Groundhog Day’. It’s been a nonstop loop of Elliott, Kap, protests, and declining viewership.
Total joke of a process. 1 man is the judge and jury. 7 appeals (so far). A possible pending lawsuit. Insanity at its finest.
BigZeke’sCircusShow!
As the World Turns….
And this is why he should have just accepted being suspended for the first 6 games, then sued to get his pay and other benefits applied retroactively. The Cowboys could really use him for the stretch drive, and now they might not have him.
Same old song and dance. Just really tired of hearing all of this. Damn it’s football pull up your big boy pants and get over it. Let’s play ball
Breaking news – after being on again and off again, the league announced today that it is pregnant so Elliott and the NFL will have to argue back and forth about this for the next 18 years.
This is so messed up.