Football is a violent game by nature. Even if they won’t come out and say it, defensive players are often trying to knock the competition out of the game to make it easier for their team to secure a win.

Successful teams reward their players with new contracts for more money and longer years. By doing anything necessary to help their team win, even if it’s by injuring a quarterback or receiver, these men are looking out for themselves, their families and their futures.

They certainly don’t need the pocket change the “bounty” system provided, but rather the resulting victory that can come much easier by removing a starting QB from the field.

It’s understandable that Goodell and his office are trying to limit injuries and whatnot from this brutal game, but to suspend a number of coaches and front office personnel for what happens on the field of play is inane.

The team should have been sternly warned and the penalties imposed should have been no harsher than what Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots received for the Spygate incident or what someone like Ndamukong Suh got for stomping a player out on national television.

At this rate, it seems Goodell will start banning players from the league who hit too hard and knock an opponent out of the game.

This isn’t a good direction, and the suspensions very well may lead down a slippery slope.

Monday’s suspension news for Cowboys running back Ronald Jones has fans in Big D all thinking the same thing: bring back Zeke.

Per The Athletic’s Jon Machota, Jones received a two-game ban without pay for violating the league’s PED policy.

Noting, he’s still eligible to participate in all preseason practices and games and will be allowed to return to the Dallas’ active roster following Week 2’s game against the Jets.