Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes Ezekiel Elliott should be in the clear following his six-game suspension for domestic violence last season.
Elliott, who made a reputation for himself in 2017 with several questionable off-field decisions, fought the claim that he was guilty of domestic violence. Although he eventually accepted the suspension, he never fully took responsibility for his actions. Jones supported him throughout the legal process and continues to do so, claiming that Elliott has been through enough punishment.
"He's paid the most level of punishment that I've seen for what he did," Jones said Saturday at the NFL combine, according to Kate Hairopoulos of Dallas Morning News. "So he's done that. That would make any of us cognizant of the fact that you have serious accountability for any situation that you get into.
"...And it's costly, and it's certainly cost him. It's cost him. So he's smart, he is smart. And so we should have every reason to believe that that will be a constant reminder when you're making decisions. I think that's the case."
Jones is currently being asked by the league to pay some legal fees incurred by NFL owners during Elliott's appeal process.
