The NFL has suspended Danny Trevathan for two games without pay for his hit on Davante Adams.

The NFL said Trevathan violated Rule 12, Section 2, Article 6: "There shall be no unnecessary roughness. This shall include, but will not be limited to: (i) using any part of a player's helmet or facemask to butt, spear, or ram an opponent violently on unnecessarily."

Adams was taken off the field on a stretcher.

Trevathan was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty but was not ejected from the 35-14 Bears loss.

"I regret the level I hit him at," Trevathan said after the game. "But you got to understand I had momentum, and I was just trying to make a play."

The NFLPA argued that the NFL would not endure irreparable harm if Ezekiel Elliott continues to play while his six-game suspension plays out in the courts.

The NFLPA made its argument through a legal filing Saturday with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, saying Elliott "stands to lose nearly half a season in a career that is notoriously short and precarious, and competitive opportunities are irretrievable once lost."

On Friday, the NFL asked the appeals court to overrule the Texas federal judge who granted a preliminary injunction of Elliott's suspension. The league is seeking a decision as early as Tuesday and as late as Sept. 26.

The NFL ultimately wants to get the case moved from Texas to the Southern District of New York. That was the venue for the league's successful appeal after a federal judge had overturned Tom Brady's four-game suspension in the Deflategate case.

The NFL believed Elliott used "physical force" three times in a span of five days in a Columbus, Ohio, apartment, resulting in injuries to Tiffany Thompson's face, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, wrists, hips and knees. 

Brian Cushing has been suspended 10 games by the NFL for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs.

Cushing was suspended four games in 2010 for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. 

Cushing will be eligible to return to the Houston Texans following their Nov. 27th game.

The NFL has appealed the preliminary injunction granted to the NFLPA on the six-game suspension of Ezekiel Elliott.

With the injunction granted on Friday, Elliott likely will be able to continue playing as the legal process plays out.

A U.S. District Court judge wrote Elliott did not receive fundamental fairness in the appeal process.

Elliott ran for 104 yards on 24 carries in the Dallas Cowboys' Week 1 win over the Giants.

Ezekiel Elliott has won an injunction from a court in Texas that will prevent the NFL from imposing a suspension for the duration of the lawsuit. Elliott is likely to remain eligible to play throughout the entire 2017 season.

Elliott was already eligible to play in Week 1.

The NFL suspended Elliott for six games due to an alleged domestic violence incident in 2016.

During his rookie season, Elliott rushed 322 times for 1,631 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Dallas Cowboys.

The NFL has suspended Josh Brown for another six games for domestic violence accusations.

Brown severed a one-game suspension at the start of the 2016 season.

"We reopened the investigation based on new info," the league texted to ESPN on Friday. "Concluded there was a violation of our personal conduct policy and imposed 6 game suspension which he accepted without appeal."

The announcement comes on the same day that Ezekiel Elliott is waiting to hear from a U.S. District Court judge in Texas whether he will be granted a temporary restraining order that would allow him to continue to play this season.

"Timing has nothing to do with Zeke and made no sense to hold this until Zeke was complete," the league texted to ESPN.

Brown remains unsigned after the New York Giants released him in October.

The Giants signed Brown to a two-year, $4 million deal in April 2016 despite knowing he was under investigation for domestic abuse.

A court will rule on Friday whether to uphold the six-game suspension of Ezekiel Elliott for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy due to domestic violence allegations.

Arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld the six-game suspension on Tuesday.

Elliott, however, will be allowed to play in Week 1.

Elliott was away from the team last week, but took part in meetings and a walk-through last Saturday. 

Elliott and the NFLPA are expected to continue to pursue legal action against the NFL.

Ezekiel Elliott will be eligible to play for the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1 against the New York Giants.

Elliott could still face a six-game suspension beginning as soon as Week 2 at the Denver Broncos.

Willie Snead has received a three-game suspension by the NFL.

Snead violated the NFL's policy on substances of abuse. Snead was initially suspended for four games but it was reduced to three.

Snead will miss games against the Vikings, Patriots and Panthers.

Ezekiel Elliott has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit challenging the appeal process stemming from the six-game suspension imposed upon him by the NFL.

The petition seeks a ruling from the United States District Court vacating the eventual ruling in the case, which would block the suspension, presuming that the arbitrator affirms all or part of the pending six-game banishment.

Elliott quickly filed suit because the NFL filed the first lawsuit two years ago in the Tom Brady case, rushing to federal court in Manhattan immediately after the ruling on Brady's appeal became final. Though the league lost at the district court level, the NFL prevailed in the appeals court.