Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott dropped the appeal of his six-game suspension and is leaving the country to clear his head, but a report on Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones' initial reaction to the suspension is reigniting the issue.
According to ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham, Jones was enraged when he learned of Elliott's suspension on Aug. 9, telling commissioner Roger Goodell over the phone: "I'm gonna come after you with everything I have."
He then referred to the New England Patriots' fight for quarterback Tom Brady over Deflategate. "If you think Bob Kraft came after you hard, Bob Kraft is a p---y compared to what I'm going to do."
Jones recently threatened to sue the league if it continues negotiations to extend Goodell's contract, though he's met resistance from opposing NFL owners in favor of the current regime.
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He has laughed off suggestions that those owners will have him ousted.
