A common comparison has been drawn between the NFL suspending Ezekiel Elliott for six games and how the league handled ‘Deflategate’ with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in 2014.
Elliott, much like Brady, has won an injunction on the pending suspension as the matter gets resolved in the legal system. But Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said it is inaccurate to compare the two situations after his team’s 19-3 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday night.
Jones said the issue with Deflategate was whether Brady misrepresented information to commissioner Roger Goodell. Elliott, on the other hand, has been open and honest about his situation related to the July 2016 domestic violence allegations made against him by former girlfriend Tiffany Thompson.