Holdout Ezekiel Elliott still absent from Dallas Cowboys as first game draws near

• Two-time rushing champion has skipped entire preseason
• Elliott, 24, looking to become NFL’s highest-paid running back
• Team owner Jerry Jones says team is ready to play without him

Ezekiel Elliott’s holdout wasn’t a topic when Jason Garrett addressed the Dallas Cowboys for the first time at training camp in California, or at least that’s what the coach says.

Now that the Cowboys have held their first practice in preparation for the opener against the New York Giants at home Sunday and Elliott still isn’t around, Garrett says the approach hasn’t changed.

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