FS1's Cris Carter reported on Monday that the NFL would announce their decision and discipline against Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott by the end of today, but that is not the case.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the league will not announce any verdict in their Elliott investigation today.
Today is not the day for the NFL's decision and announcement on any potential Ezekiel Elliott discipline.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 9, 2017
“For me, in the next 48 hours, I would be shocked if Zeke is not suspended,” Carter said on FS1's Undisputed on Monday. “Because based on the information that’s going to come out, it’s going to be fairly easy to determine that something happened to this woman in her four days of being with Zeke. This is just pure assault or domestic violence.”
Commissioner Roger Goodell shot down that notion shortly thereafter, saying at a town hall event at MetLife Stadium that no decision in the investigation had been made and that “Cris Carter is not part of the decision.”
The league's VP of Communications, Brian McCarthy, backed Goodell's statement by telling ESPN that “any talk that a decision has been or will be made soon is speculation.”
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The NFL started its investigation into Elliott not long after he was accused of domestic violence on July 22nd, 2016. Police did not press charges against Elliott, thanks in large part to witness testimony disputing the alleged victim's account.
There were several other incidents for Elliott, including visiting a marijuana dispensary in Seattle, which is legal, during the preseason. In March of this year, Elliott was filmed pulling down a woman's shirt and exposing her breast at a St. Patrick's Day parade. Nothing came of that incident either, as the woman continued to hang out with him afterward. The most recent incident came in July, when Elliott was connected to an assault at a bar, but police never tied Elliott to the investigation and have suspended the case because the victim didn't give them an accurate address or phone number.
While none of those incidents will result in direct discipline from the NFL, they have said they looking at the "accumulative nature" of these incidents.
The 22-year-old led the league in rushing as a rookie last season, picking up 1,631 yards and 15 touchdowns on 322 carries.
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