Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott blasts NFL
Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott blasts the NFL after they fined him more than $13,000 for dropping a $21 donation into a Salvation Army kettle after scoring a touchdown during the team’s Thanksgiving Day victory over the Washington Redskins.
The Dallas Cowboys’ reportedly offered Ezekiel Elliott a new contract that would make the star the NFL’s second-highest-paid running back.
According to ESPN’s Ed Werder, the Cowboys’ latest offer is worth less than Todd Gurley’s $57.5 million 4-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams, but more than Le’Veon Bell’s $52.4 million 4-year contract with the New York Jets.
Werder did not say how much the offer was.
EZEKIEL ELLIOTT SNAPPED GOLFING IN MEXICO AS DALLAS COWBOYS HOLDOUT CONTINUES
Elliott, the two-time NFL rushing champion, and the Cowboys have been embroiled in ongoing contract extension talks.
The fourth overall choice in the 2016 draft, Elliott is due to make $3.9 million this season and $9.1 million in the fifth year, which was a team option since the former Ohio State star was a first-round pick. He has not participated in the Cowboys training camps amid the ongoing negotiations and was snapped golfing in Mexico.
![Ezekiel Elliott during his daily golf sessions at the luxurious, 1,500-acre private Diamante Los Cabos resort in Mexico.](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/08/1200/675/elliot1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Ezekiel Elliott during his daily golf sessions at the luxurious, 1,500-acre private Diamante Los Cabos resort in Mexico. (Fox News)
The Cowboys can fine Elliott $40,000 per day, and Elliott risks losing a season that would count toward free agency if he doesn't report at least 30 days before the Sept. 8 season opener at home against the New York Giants.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos, Hollie McKay and the Associated Press contributed to this report.