North Dallas Thugboys: Jerry Jones is either right, or he's provoking a big Zeke number here...

For those looking for news on an NFL Discipline Friday about Ezekiel Elliot:

Stop.

It won't happen today.  Jerry Jones is going in the Hall of Fame this weekend, and nothing's getting in the way of that.

Though, for any of a number of reasons, this is at least the third major Football Hall of Famer who should be removed for one or more reasons.  (Simpson, DeBartolo)

That might get it's own post at some point.

But what I'm talking about today is two sets of comments Jerry Jones made on the exploding amount of speculation regarding a domestic violence suspension for Elliot.

The first was a set of comments reported July 24 by Sports Illustrated that appeared to have Jones going "all in" for Elliot:

"I have reviewed everything, and there is absolutely nothing -- not one thing -- that had anything to do with domestic violence," Jones said, as the Cowboys reported for training camp.

"My opinion is there's not even an issue over he-said, she-said," Jones said. "There's not even an issue there."

Then, last night, NBC showed some guts and actually interviewed Jones on at least the Elliot suspension.  It got some very interesting comments: (Sporting News)

"There are a couple of issues that might or might not fall — and that’s going to be up to the league to the decide — under the behavioral guidelines," Jones said during Thursday's broadcast. "But in my opinion, we’re preparing our team for Zeke and should."

"The domestic violence is not an issue," Jones said. "Zeke has had some other things that have been looked at and are being looked at. But from the domestic violence issue, there’s not an issue. I think that my hope is that Zeke is with us opening night, and I don’t want to get into anything that might in any way influence negatively that decision from the league office.

Jerry Jones believes that any suspension that Elliot might receive is from the bar fight.

He better be right.

These are open-faced comments that are saying what many in Texas know all along:  Though it is true in all localities of football, it is far more true in Texas:  TEXAS FOOTBALL IS ABOVE ALL LAW.

Jerry Jones basically pronounced the entire domestic violence thing dead.

He forgets one very prescient reality:  The PR hit the league took when it finally admitted (the morning of the playoff game the Boys lost last season) that Elliot was being investigated cost the Dallas Cowboys a Super Bowl trip.

Jerry Jones is either right here, or Ezekiel Elliot is going to get suspended probably double-digit games, perhaps the entire season.  There are, in fact, THREE incidents the league could look into:  the domestic violence, the bar fight, and a marijuana dispensary incident which could fall under the drug policy.

I could easily see, if all three are taken into account and punished maximally, Ezekiel Elliot banned the entire 2017 season.  I could see him get no suspension at all, indicating the Boys are going to Donald Trump their way to the NFC title (and the league's Plan B in case Tom Brady gets hurt).

Stay tuned.  In my opinion, the only way Elliot plays Week 1 is a lawsuit against the NFL.