Ezekiel Elliott Is Reportedly Serious About Sitting Out Entire Season If He Doesn’t Get New Contract From Dallas Cowboys

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Ezekiel Elliott and his team are taking the nuclear approach in negotiations with the Dallas Cowboys.

According to ESPN’s Josina Anderson Elliot’s camp has informed that Cowboys that he is willing to sit out the entire season if he doesn’t get a new contract.

Via ESPN.com

Representatives for running back Ezekiel Elliott have told the Dallas Cowboys that he will not play in the 2019 season without a new contract, a source close to the situation told ESPN’s Josina Anderson on Tuesday.

The source added that at this time, it is not likely that Elliott’s holdout continues into the regular season, based on the belief that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants to get a new deal done with the running back before Week 1.

Elliott informed the Cowboys that he would not play without a new contract in January, the source said.

The Cowboys are currently negotiating deals with their top three offensive stars, Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper and Elliott and they owner Jerry Jones believes they will get deals done to keep all three players.

Jones said last week that he thought the front office would reach a deal on a contract extension with Elliott but that it would need to allow the Cowboys to keep all their talent “under the same roof.” The Cowboys also are negotiating extensions with quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper.

The owner also said he does not believe there is a time when a deal has to be put in place, such as the start of the regular season.

The Cowboys insist they have made solid offers to all three players that would put them at least in the top-five contracts at their positions and have been frustrated at the lack of engagement in negotiations, a source told ESPN’s Todd Archer.

The Cowboys are reiterating that they have made “generous” contract offers to all three players.

There’s still about a month until the season starts. We’ll see how all this plays out.