National Football League roundup

[May 31, 2016]  May 30 (The Sports Xchange) - Miami's Dion Jordan says he has learned from his mistakes and believes his football career is ready to take off. He just needs the green light to start practicing and playing again.

Jordan, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft as a defensive end, failed a drug test in December 2014 and was banned indefinitely.

According to multiple reports, Jordan will apply for NFL reinstatement on Wednesday.

"I'm not about to waste it. I can't waste it. And I (expletive) love doing it," Jordan told USA Today. "Who doesn't love running out in front of 30,000-plus fans and you get that rush? But it's also things that you can get that rush from that can be very satisfying and can carry you on to a successful life after football."

Jordan's agent said he thinks the NFL will reinstate his client. Jordan hasn't missed or failed a drug test since his ban began in April 2015.

Jordan was suspended for six games in 2014 after positive tests for Ecstasy and marijuana.

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Johnny Manziel is missing in New York.

The New York Post in a short blurb posted at the Page Six microsite, said Manziel was supposed to take a helicopter to the Hamptons on Saturday where he would be hosting a small party for friends and family. He reportedly didn't show for the flight.

He has not been seen since Friday night.

Late Monday afternoon, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweeted that sources close to Manziel told her they'd been in contact with Manziel earlier in the afternoon.

His whereabouts were unknown.

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The Dallas Cowboys have a strategy to keep quarterback Tony Romo healthy this season by establishing a running attack and controlling the football.

The biggest difference for the Cowboys between 12-4 in 2014 and 4-12 in 2015 was the absence of Romo, who missed 12 games after twice fracturing his left collarbone.

The Cowboys were 3-1 with Romo in the lineup and 1-11 without him last season. Roughly two months after undergoing the Mumford procedure in hopes of preventing further injury to his left clavicle, Romo was a full participant last week at organized team activities.

"At the end of the day, it's all about Tony's health," Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones told the XEPRS-AM in San Diego, via the Dallas Morning News. "We've got to keep him healthy. (Editing by Larry Fine) ))

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