The war between star running back Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys continue. Elliott, who is in Mexico building muscle, is close to racking up the $1 million jackpot worth of fines.
Meanwhile, owner and general manager Jerry Jones is playing with fire, shooting off quotes that are hurting Elliott’s feelings as well as those in his camp.
Is this all a ploy to lure No. 21 back? Sure. We know the game. It’s nothing new, nothing we haven’t eyed before. The Cowboys aren’t the only team in the history of sports to play this sort of tease and play strategy.