The fact that Ezekiel Elliott was reportedly clearing his mind on some foreign countryside (potentially just pulling out titties out in Acapulco) during last week's game, and still felt it necessary to officially withdraw his appeal this week leads me to believe that I should probably remain skeptical that the bladders have finally run empty in this pissing match...
All I have learned since his initial 6-game suspension got handed down is that no decision is actually final, so if the Cowboys' playoff hopes take a massive hit you won't find me surprised if that appeal gets re-opened faster than Roger Goodell's contract negotiations. I'm not sure if it was after the third or fourth re-reversal but at one point or another I chose to view this on again, off again situation as if it were as committal as a teenage relationship. With that in mind, I'll be damned if I am going to believe that a scorned Zeke isn't going to pop into prom with a purpose until the last of the high school sweethearts have disappointingly consummated their puppy love. With how laughable both the league and the justice system have looked throughout this entire endeavor, it's not even remotely beyond the realm of possibility that he ends up serving his suspension for domestic violence in chunks at his own convenience like he's doing community service for speeding in a school zone. That said, if this waving of the white flag does truly serve as a conclusion to the most counterproductive act of disciplinary action since the NFL made 100 MPH crosswinds out of a missing pump of dead air then what a perfectly absurd conclusion for a patently ridiculous situation it is. Ezekiel Elliott calling it quits only after he had all-but-taken a loss like Tiger Woods dropping out of a tournament with back spasms after realizing he wasn't going to make the cut. For a split second I thought that maybe, just maybe, sitting out the first game of it meant this suspension was as on-going and uninterrupted as pre-TiVo television. The fact that Ezekiel Elliott still appeared to have a say in the matter as of yesterday makes me think I should probably remain as wary of its "resolution" as I was of Jerry Jones kneeling in front of a camera pre-anthem.
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