Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott told his employer in January that he would not play in 2019 without a new deal. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones dug in this week and stated that he has earned the right to joke with his star running back.
The rhetoric is flying back and forth between the two sides. But what is absolutely certain is that Ezekiel Elliott will play for the Cowboys this season even if he doesn’t get a new deal.
Elliott does not have the leverage that former Pittsburgh Steeler and current New York Jet running back Le’Veon Bell had.