Eagles

Ezekiel Elliott Ain’t Out of the Woods Just Yet

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jul 1st, 2019 · 9:59 AM EDT

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Let’s get it back to the Eagles.

Division rival Dallas has a slight hurdle to clear this week, with star running back Zeke Elliott headed to New York to speak with the commish:

Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in New York on Tuesday to discuss a May incident in Las Vegas, per @toddarcher. Elliott was briefly detained by police; a player can be subject to penalty under personal conduct policy without arrest.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 1, 2019

You’ll recall the incident in question involved Zeke shouldering a security guard at a music festival. The security guard fell over, albeit somewhat easily, and decided not to press charges. Zeke was handcuffed, detained, and then released.

Then the security guard, who happens to be a 19-year-old California college student, said a few weeks later that he was thinking about pressing charges, probably because he wised up and realized he could make a quick buck by threatening legal action against a rich football player.

At the time, I wrote this:

People were giving me shit last week because I said I didn’t think this was a big deal, but ask yourself this – if you were barely shoved into a metal barricade, fell over, and were uninjured, would you file charges? Probably not.

Zeke’s lawyers need to throw this kid some cash and then we can all move on with our lives.

After careful consideration, I’ve changed my mind. There is no place for this kind of behavior in society. Ezekiel Elliott is setting a terrible example for our children and he should be held accountable for his boorish actions. Zeke Elliott must be suspended for the first ten games of the NFL season.

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