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Could an Ezekiel Elliott suspension actually be a good thing for the Cowboys - and Zeke himself?

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If Jerry Jones wished to establish himself once and for all as an outside-the-box thinker on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame next month, he would suspend Ezekiel Elliott for two games. And he would do it now.

The three best reasons for doing it: It’s deserved, it teaches the proper lesson and it’s a bid to recreate the Cowboys’ Super Bowl success of 1993.

Jones didn’t exactly suspend Emmitt Smith that season. But, in effect, that’s what he did as contract negotiations with Smith’s agent, Richard Howell, dragged on and on until the Cowboys lost a season opener in Washington and a home game against a Buffalo team they had just beaten by 35 points in the Super Bowl.