Jerry – The goal is to have "everyone under contract"

ARLINGTON, Texas – At times this summer, the owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, seemed carefree in discussing the possibility that Ezekiel Elliott is missing the time lost in training camp and the regular season in a contract.

As the regular season began September 8 against the New York Giants, Jones was asked when it became urgent to bring Elliott into the group.

"Again, I do not want to feel like it's not important for him to be here, I think it's important for him to be here, otherwise we would not have everyone at home, everyone working there, "said Jones after Saturday's pre-season victory over the Houston Texans at AT & T." Everything is important about this. "Everyone understands it. It's just a matter of seeing if it works, but you know, we're going to play football one way or another, that's how it works. "

In 1993, the Cowboys started with consecutive losses, Emmitt Smith being in contractual conflict with the team. Smith came back and the Cowboys won the Super Bowl.

Jones remains confident that an agreement can be reached with Elliott, who is under contract for two years. The Cowboys made an offer to Elliott between the average salary of $ 13.125 million that the New York Jets gave to the "Veon Bell" and the average salary of $ 14.375 million that the Los Rams Angeles pay to Todd Gurley.

The parties have not had any constructive discussions recently.

"As far as the field is concerned, what you want is everyone to be under contract, and everyone is under contract, so the team comes up against the Giants. It's the goal, "Jones said. "It's a very tangible thing, all the contract players are playing, and if you do not have everybody under contract, you're going to have an eruption or a flat tire somewhere, and you're trying to fix it." have to play and you play. "

The Cowboys are also negotiating an agreement for Dak Prescott, but Jones said he did not think the quarterback would be affected before the season without a contract extension.

"He has done nothing but face all the challenges, physically and mentally, so far at Oxnard, so he will surely do it as the season progresses," Jones said. . "It's all in all that interest." All the boats for the Cowboys, if we could have this great year, we'd go into the stratosphere, and Dak and I would ride with them. "