Its very alarming that allegations make you guilty.
I found this article on CBS Sports from July where Dan Patrick said the other NFL Owners were pressuring Goodell to suspend Elliott based on other things that happened. Basically, "You punished us, so you have to punish them".
"He's going to get punished for something that happened at
Ohio State(Terrelle Pryor), he was not charged for it, with sexual assault, but he's going to be suspended maybe one or two games. What is happening is other owners are saying to the commissioner, hey, you punished us, make sure you punish the Cowboys here," Patrick said. "That's sort of what's going on behind the scenes. And I said, if you're the players association ... asking this person, does he know if the players association would stand up on Ezekiel Elliott's behalf? That's the key. If Ezekiel Elliott's agent is going to say, one game and we're done with this. If the players' association wants to argue and say, hey, he shouldn't be suspended at all -- he wasn't even an employ of the league and you're suspending him. What is happening is, this happened with the Patriots, some of these owners, but not all of them, owners said, what a minute here, what are you doing with the Patriots here? That's how it blew up."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-goodell-to-suspend-cowboys-zeke-elliott/amp/
So wait... the owners don't blame Goodell for this despite the mess he has made of every situation and just say hey punish the Cowboys despite the evidence saying otherwise.