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It seems like the Ezekiel Elliott contract holdout is going to go into the season and while most Cowboys fans have disapproved of Zeke’s methods to get a new contract he does have on former Cowboys star in his corner.
Last night, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke to the media and said that he has accepted the fact that Zeke was going to miss games and that he wanted his star running back to honor his contract.
Jerry Jones on Ezekiel Elliott: "I'm operating as though right now he's going to miss regular season games. My entire expectation for what we're putting together as a team right now would anticipate with him holding out … that he's going to miss games. I just accept that."
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 30, 2019
Jerry Jones on @1053thefan talking about Ezekiel Elliott’s contract holdout: “If we do a new contract, what’s to assure us that this time next year or three months later, we won’t be talking about another contract? If we’re not gonna honor contracts?”
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 30, 2019
Today, former Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, who has his own horror stories about negotiating with the team, defended Zeke after Jones’ comments.
Zeke great for you…15years 20years from now you are going to thank yourself… being 100% committed to something and not getting that same commitment back will break you down! Stand your ground.. I wish I would have done a lot of things different https://t.co/aDBW5lZVVk
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) August 30, 2019
You better go check what Zeke has done since he stepped foot in the league..I’m going off my experiences why I believe he should stand by what he want..plus you don’t think I wanted the rest of the money from my contract..they have options to let you go whenever.. https://t.co/WetIJwS6K5
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) August 30, 2019
What about what Zeke has sacrificed? His body? potential CTE? god forbid… plus Jerry out of all people should know people make mistakes… really we shouldn’t be worrying about nobody money.. from my hard cold facts he deserves whatever he’s asking for.. no game this life https://t.co/roqKlDbe1k
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) August 30, 2019
Great job to my guy Ari..Gurleys agent… not a mistake at all he deserved it.. who are you or anybody to say Gurley contract is dumb? 😂 he set the market https://t.co/VGYfBkRHe2
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) August 30, 2019
That’s what’s wrong with a lot of you fans…. you speculate and I drop facts… they do say the truth hurts and I promise I have no reason to be bitter.. my opinions really ain’t shit just like yours https://t.co/LZQMMRpteZ
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) August 30, 2019
As of now, it seems like the Cowboys are fine with making Elliott the second highest-paid running back the league which doesn’t seem to be enough for Zeke.
Sources: The most recent offer in negotiations between holdout Ezekiel Elliott and the Cowboys came from the team. Elliott has been offered a contract making him one of the NFL’s 2 highest-paid RB. That would suggest team offering more than LeVeon Bell and less than Todd Gurley.
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) August 22, 2019
Ezekiel Elliott retweeted a @joethomas73 tweet emphasizing that if you’re the best at your position then on your second deal you should beat the highest-paid at it by 15-20%.
Todd Gurley is the highest paid running back in the NFL. He’s paid $14.375M per year. pic.twitter.com/PtIa7dp0gQ
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) August 23, 2019