Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is eligible to play again as a New York judge granted his motion for a temporary restraining order blocking the six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
It means that Elliott will be back at practice Wednesday and be on the field when the team resumes play Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers after last week's bye.
The ruling is temporary and will last for up to 14 days. Elliott and his lawyers from the NFL Players Association will have to again plead their case to Judge Katherine Failla when she is back from vacation before or by Oct. 30.
The decision was made by U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty, who was filling in for Failla.
Failla will ultimately decide if Elliott gets a preliminary injunction, similar to what he got from Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
As of now, the NFL cannot appeal the TRO, thus keeping Elliott on the field for at least two more weeks.
Crotty made a ruling similar to Mazzant, who was ordered to dismiss the case by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals because of improper jurisdiction, by pointing out issues of unfairness by the NFL in its investigation and irreparable harm to Elliott if he had to miss games.
