EAST RUTHERFORD — Ezekiel Elliott is suspended six games.
But he'll be playing against the Giants on Sunday night.
Yes, you read that right: Arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld Elliott's six-game personal conduct policy suspension connected to a lengthy investigation into allegations of domestic violence, but the NFL has decided to allow him to play for the Cowboys in the season opener against the Giants.
How is that possible? And what's next? Here's the rundown:
It appears the deadline that everyone thought was a deadline, until the NFL leaked that it wasn’t, may have been a deadline.