Elliott seeks another appeal hearing on his suspension

Attorneys for Ezekiel Elliott have indicated they intend to ask for another hearing before the federal appeals court that cleared the way for the National Football League’s six-game suspension of the star Dallas Cowboys running back over domestic violence allegations. Players’ union attorney Jeffrey Kessler wrote to a federal judge in New York on Friday that Elliott’s legal team would pursue a hearing before a larger panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

A three-judge panel voted, 2-1, to grant the NFL’s request to overrule a Texas court’s injunction that had blocked the suspension. The ruling also ordered the Texas court to dismiss Elliott’s lawsuit.

Barring another ruling in Elliott’s favor, the suspension will start Oct. 22 at San Francisco. The Cowboys are off this week.

Fines issued: Houston Texans safety Marcus Gilchrist was fined $24,309 by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Kansas City Chiefs tight end

Travis Kelce on Sunday night. Gilchrist was penalized for unnecessary roughness in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ 42-34 victory when his helmet made contact with Kelce’s helmet while trying to tackle the tight end following a 26-yard

catch.

Kelce was forced out of the game with a concussion.

Also each fined $9,115 by the league were Carolina left tackle Matt Kalil, for unnecessary roughness, and Minnesota defensive tackle Jaleel Johnson and Philadelphia defensive end

Brandon Graham for facemask penalties.

Titans receiver regrets tweet: Tennessee Titans wide receiver Rishard Matthews said he made a bad decision on Twitter to threaten to quit football if the NFL institutes a new rule mandating players stand for the national anthem.

Asked if he stands by that initial statement, Matthews said “not right now.”

“Let’s hope it doesn’t get to that,” Matthews said. “I know the owners got a meeting next (week). Let’s just hope we don’t get to that.”

Matthews quickly deleted the tweet Thursday before practice, but his comments had been caught by a screen grab.

Matthews said he was scrolling through Twitter during some free time when he responded to a question from a Nashville TV reporter. Then he hit delete.

“Sometimes people, as you all know, tweet some ignorant things out at some moments, and that was an ignorant thing I tweeted out at that given moment,” Matthews said. “And I take full responsibility.”