Elliott’s latest appeal to be heard Thursday

Cowboys star seeks one more reprieve of six-game penalty.

A federal appeals court in New York set a Thursday hearing as attorneys for Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott seek a longer injunction to stop his six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued an emergency stay of the NFL’s punishment, the third legal reprieve for Elliott. It cleared last year’s league rushing leader to play in Sunday’s game against Kansas City. Elliott scored the go-ahead touchdown in the win over the Chiefs.

It is possible, if not likely, that the three-judge panel in New York will rule as early as Thursday, after oral arguments, on whether Elliott can play Sunday at Atlanta.

None of the judges assigned to Elliott’s case presided over the NFL’s winning appeal in Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension in the “Deflategate” case.

Elliott’s suspension has been weaving through the courts since he was ordered in August to serve the ban for violating the league’s personal-conduct policy.

Buccaneers: Quarterback Jameis Winston is being shut down for at least two weeks in hopes his injured throwing shoulder improves.

The third-year quarterback sat out the second half

of Sunday’s loss to New Orleans after being sacked and landing on the shoulder he initially hurt Oct. 15.

The first overall pick in the 2015 draft has made 40 consecutive starts to begin his NFL career. That streak will end Sunday, when the Bucs (2-6) will try to end a five-game skid with Ryan Fitzpatrick replacing Winston against the New York Jets.

“He’s going to be out for the next couple of weeks,” coach Dirk Koetter said Monday, when a MRI was performed on Winston.

Winston has played through the injury, originally diagnosed as an AC joint sprain, the past three games. Koetter said the latest MRI showed “a lot of medical terms that I’m not an expert on, but that he needs to be off for a couple of weeks.”

The Bucs also plan to activate third-stringer Ryan Griffin, who is on injured reserve but can return.

■ The NFL suspended Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans for one game for unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary roughness in the loss at New Orleans. Evans ran up from behind and knocked over Saints rookie cornerback Marshon Lattimore after a confrontation with Winston, who was on the sideline.

Jets: Jeremy Kerley insists he did nothing wrong to warrant a four-game suspension.

The wide receiver/punt returner was banned from the team without pay by the NFL after the league said Kerley violated its policy

on performance-enhancing substances. His suspension begins immediately.

“I was shocked by a positive test for Turinabol, as I have never knowingly taken any banned substances,” Kerley said in a statement.

Kerley will be eligible to return to the Jets’ active roster on Dec. 11, the day after New York plays at Denver.

Browns: On the cusp of his return from suspension, receiver Josh Gordon says he used drugs or alcohol before every game of his career.

Gordon, who was reinstated last week, told GQ magazine he drank or smoked marijuana before games. He added “a bunch of guys smoke weed before the game.” Gordon said he was under the influence “probably every game of my career.”

Gordon is scheduled to report today.

Texans: Coach Bill O’Brien says he and general manager Rick Smith discussed signing Colin Kaepernick in the wake of last week’s season-ending injury to Deshaun Watson.

Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterback, began the national anthem protest movement by kneeling last season. He remains unsigned and has filed a complaint that teams colluded against him because of the protests.

Bengals: Receiver A.J. Green faces a fine but no suspension from his on-field fight with Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Green grabbed Ramsey around the neck, threw him to the ground and punched him. He and Ramsey were ejected.