OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys operating again Ronald Jones has been suspended for the primary two video games of the common season for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug coverage.
Jones, who signed a one-year contract with the Cowboys in March, can proceed to follow throughout coaching camp and play in preseason video games. His suspension takes impact on Sept. 3, and he’s eligible to return to the Cowboys on Sept. 18, a day after their Week 2 assembly towards the New York Jets.
Jones had simply 17 carries in six video games final 12 months with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, ending with 70 yards and a landing. His greatest season got here in 2020, when he had 978 yards on 192 carries and 7 touchdowns in serving to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the Tremendous Bowl.
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The Cowboys are skinny on expertise behind beginning operating again Tony Pollard, who’s getting back from high-ankle surgical procedure in January. Rico Dowdle, Malik Davis and Deuce Vaughn, a sixth-round choose on this 12 months’s draft, are competing for the spots behind Pollard with Jones.
Dowdle performed in 5 video games final 12 months earlier than an ankle harm ended his season. He has simply seven carries for twenty-four yards in his profession. Davis made the Cowboys final 12 months as an undrafted free agent. He had 161 yards on 38 carries and a landing final 12 months to associate with six catches for 63 yards.
“I let you know, I am loving Rico,” coach Mike McCarthy mentioned earlier than the announcement of Jones’ suspension. “It is nice to have him again. Malik, he is taken that bounce that you simply’re searching for. These two guys have actually jumped out. Clearly, we have to get Deuce concerned. I believe that is essential … He is a man that was on my thoughts in the course of the summer time.”
