{"id":26519,"date":"2017-08-11T12:10:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T16:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=26519"},"modified":"2021-05-30T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:08:03","slug":"ezekiel-elliott-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/08\/11\/ezekiel-elliott-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezekiel Elliott Suspended For Six Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an off-season littered with rumors, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/ElliEz00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ezekiel Elliott<\/a><\/strong> has been suspended by the NFL. Rumors had been running wild for weeks when things started heating up, with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CartCr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cris Carter<\/a> <\/strong>reporting <a href=\"http:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2017\/08\/07\/league-office-apparently-leaks-details-of-looming-ezekiel-elliott-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that the same sources that leaked<\/a> that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong> destroyed his phone saying Elliott would be suspended. This is the last thing that new Hall of Famer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=JoneJe22,JoneJe23&amp;search=Jerry+Jones&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerry Jones<\/a><\/strong> wanted to hear. Bad turned to worst Friday morning when <strong>Adam Schefter<\/strong> confirmed the news.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cowboys&#39; RB Ezekiel Elliott is being suspended 6 games, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/896040478583422977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Ezekiel Elliott Suspended For Six Games<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The rumors about Elliott&#8217;s domestic abuse sprung up last summer, when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/the-alleged-ezekiel-elliott-domestic-violence-incident-what-we-know-what-we-dont\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadspin discovered<\/a> pictures of Elliott&#8217;s ex-girlfriend with bruises on her neck, arms, and knees. The pictures came with a caption claiming she was thrown around, choked, and abused physically and mentally. The victim filed a report with Columbus Police Department, but after a thorough investigation, they didn&#8217;t file charges.<\/p>\n<p>However, as we learned with Brady and the &#8220;Deflategate&#8221; case last year, just because it can&#8217;t be legally proven that a player did something, that doesn&#8217;t mean the NFL won&#8217;t punish them if they believe a crime was committed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/nfl-owners-reportedly-pressuring-roger-goodell-to-suspend-cowboys-zeke-elliott\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reportedly several owners were pushing for Elliott to be suspended <\/a>over the off-season, and today it finally happened.<\/p>\n<h3>On the Field<\/h3>\n<p>After a brilliant rookie season, Elliott is a huge part of Dallas&#8217; plans for 2017. Behind one of the NFL&#8217;s best offensive lines, Elliott and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PresDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dak Prescott<\/a><\/strong> make up one of the NFL&#8217;s best young duos. Throw in veteran skill position threats <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BryaDe01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dez Bryant<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WittJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Witten<\/a><\/strong> and this team has potential to be really explosive this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, the defense isn&#8217;t quite as good. The secondary leaves a lot to be desired on paper, and they host the New York Giants, who boast arguably the NFL&#8217;s best receiving corps with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BeckOd00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Odell Beckham<\/a><\/strong> Jr, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=MarsBr00,MarsBr01&amp;search=Brandon+Marshall&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Marshall<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Sterling Sherpard<\/strong>, in week one. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MannEl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eli Manning<\/a><\/strong> and the Giants didn&#8217;t have Marshall last season, but they still swept Dallas with Elliott. In a very competitive division, missing their best player for so many games could be problematic.<\/p>\n<p>However, just because Elliott is the best back on the team, that doesn&#8217;t mean his back-ups are terrible. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MorrAl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alfred Morris<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McFaDa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darren McFadden<\/a><\/strong> have both enjoyed success in the NFL, boasting five 1,000 yard seasons between them. They&#8217;re not as gifted as Elliott, but the Cowboys can still run the ball well with them.<\/p>\n<p>A really interesting subplot to all this will be how Prescott plays without his fellow draftmate. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2017\/07\/18\/grading-dak-prescott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Many critics have been harsh on Prescott<\/a>, saying he&#8217;s just a product of his surrounding talent. Well Mr. Prescott, here&#8217;s your moment.<\/p>\n<p>Check back with Last Word as the story develops. Elliott will likely appeal his suspension, and there will certainly be more news to come.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"nn4uTlC_QSRADOjDlVSj8Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/823693768\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'nn4uTlC_QSRADOjDlVSj8Q',sig:'Iu4TqjMZHG_W47y_l38JTNxDMEvgqKJ9KT8DrveTK3U=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'823693768',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL has finally come down on Ezekiel Elliott, suspending him for six games as a result of multiple off-the-field incidents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1347,"featured_media":26522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,36],"tags":[2942,49,2941,258,61,48,734],"class_list":["post-26519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cowboys","category-nfl-news","tag-alfred-morris","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-darren-mcfadden","tag-ezekiel-elliott","tag-football","tag-nfc-east","tag-roger-goodell"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}