It doesn’t seem that long ago that Ezekiel Elliott‘s off-field choices

The Cowboys running back has generated headlines this offseason but only the positive kind. He took a selfie with a young fan hit by a puck at a Dallas Stars NHL playoff game. He participated in leadership drills with teammates in North Carolina. He appeared at Emmitt Smith’s charity event.Elliott appears all grown up with a big contract to sign http://www.panthersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-greg-little-jersey , embracing the spotlight instead of cursing it.“I think that Zeke has always had a wonderful heart,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday at the groundbreaking of the Gene and Jerry Jones Family Hope Lodge in Dallas, via Kate Hairopoulos of the . “These players can see through anybody. All you got to do is go in locker room, and you’ll see that Zeke is inspirational. Zeke is inspirational with not only what he does on the field Will Grier Jersey , but what he does in the locker room. He’s a bright soul, I call him.“There was really no doubt that some of those things that frankly reflect just a spirit of positiveness, a spirit of being alive, those kind of things took some adjusting.”Elliott served a six-game suspension in 2017 for violating the personal conduct policy after fighting the NFL in court. Since then http://www.panthersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-christian-miller-jersey , Elliott has done the most good, including raising money for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign during the holidays.“I didn’t have any of that problem when I was in my late teens and early 20s,” Jones said facetiously, “but some do Jordan Scarlett Jersey , and we have to grow out of that.”The Cowboys exercised the fifth-year option on Elliott’s contract, putting him under contract through the 2020 season, but he wants a long-term deal. That isn’t likely to occur before Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper get new contracts, though. Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey said on Tuesday that he is focused on “being a good teammate while I’m still here” and the uncertainty at the end of that sentence comes from Ramsey’s agent requesting a trade on his client’s behalf.Ramsey said he was happy to be part of the Jaguars David Montgomery Jersey , but the rest of his press conference left little doubt that his mind is on playing somewhere else sooner or later. If it’s going to be sooner, the Jaguars are going to have to find someone willing to pay their asking price.Albert Breer of SI.com reports that asking price is currently two first-round picks. Dianna Russini of ESPN reports that the team has received offers of a first-round pick and other considerations from at least two teams, but it doesn’t appear that’s enough to get a deal done.Ramsey and the Jaguars are set to play the Titans on Thursday and that may be soon for any deal to go down, but the last few weeks in the NFL have shown that it’s hard to rule anything out.