In a bit of a surprising move last week, Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott was granted a preliminary injunction to put a freeze on the six-game suspension levied against him by the league.

However, the NFL is expected to counteract that by filing an appeal to the Fifth Circuit court of appeals to get that suspension put back in place, according to Todd Archer of ESPN.

 The NFL has taken steps to reverse a judge's preliminary injunction that blocks the six-game suspension of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for violating the personal conduct policy.

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This had come to be expected given that the NFL had taken similar action against New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady last year with his four-game suspension. Brady had a reprieve by the district court, but that was immediately overruled by a higher court that put in place the four-game ban that he had been handed for deflating footballs.

There is currently no timetable as to how long this process could take, but the league could ask for an expedited process to get the situation resolved at some point over the next couple of months. It had been expected that it would be resolved at some point after the 2017 NFL season, which would allow for Elliott to play the entire campaign.

Elliott had received a six-game suspension from the NFL for violating the personal conduct policy for possible domestic violence. If he is lost for any time, the Cowboys will likely turn to Darren McFadden or Alfred Morris to carry the load.