After spending the first seven seasons of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott will face the team as a member of the New England Patriots on Sunday.

"I mean, I don't have that much time to be too emotional," Elliott said. "I've got to prepare for a game. I've got to go out put my best foot forward. I mean, there are emotions. I may do a good job of kind of hiding them but there will be some emotions."

The Cowboys released Elliott on March 15 in part because of declining production and in part because of a $16.7 million hit against the salary cap.

"I think I have plenty left in the tank," Elliott said. "I still think I'm a very good back."

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs suffered a season-ending torn ACL in his left knee during Thursday's practice.

Diggs suffered the injury during a one-on-one period in practice and was briefly spotted inside the team facility on crutches before undergoing an MRI.

Since entering the NFL in 2020, Diggs has 18 interceptions -- tied for the most in the NFL with J.C. Jackson.

Jerry Jones says he wants to increase minority involvement at the ownership level in NFL franchises.

"Nobody got in on a wing and prayer any more than I did, and I really couldn't afford it," the Dallas Cowboys owner said. "But I got into it and as we look and see -- and we do see -- the qualified potential buyers out here that can get involved and that's one way. It's not the only way.

"[There are] multiple ways to address inequity. Multiple ways to go do it. And certainly I would think about one way is to try to work to get ownership improved in the minority area. And I'm all for it and I do it. I work at it. I work at it."

Jones' comments come in the wake of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by former NFL Media employee Jim Trotter against the NFL.

The suit alleges Jones said in front of a group of people, including Trotter, "If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own team and hire who they want to hire."

Jones reiterated Sunday that was not "accurate."

"Jim's a friend and I think a lot of him," Jones said. "I hate that we've got some litigation and hopefully we will address all of that, but the overall concern I would say is just not accurate."

Troy Aikman told Adam Schefter on his podcast that he nearly came out of retirement to play quarterback for the Miami Dolphins in 2003.

Aikman retired after the 2000 season with the Dallas Cowboys.

"I had a chance initially and I was gonna do it quite honestly," Aikman told Schefter. "I was gonna come back and the Dolphins were looking at me. Dave Wannstedt was the head coach. Norv Turner was the offensive coordinator. I had trained that offseason, prepared to come back and play. And they felt like they were a quarterback away from achieving what they wanted to do."

Both Turner and Wannstedt had been with the Cowboys during Aikman's run with the team.

"So, I was gonna do it," Aikman said of coming out of retirement. "I thought, 'Well, I'll give it a shot.' Rick Spielman was the [senior vice president of football operations] and he ultimately was the one, I believe, that decided not to sign me, which was probably a good thing from their perspective. And it was a great thing from my perspective because they weren't a quarterback away. ... They were not very good. It all worked out just fine."

The Dallas Cowboys continue to lock up key pieces by signing right tackle Terence Steele to a five-year extension worth $86.8 million, including $50 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Sunday.