Jerry Jones Doesn’t Sound Concerned With Ezekiel Elliott Missing The Regular Season, As The Cat-And-Mouse Game Continues

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Jerry Jones is taking a different approach amidst the holdout of his star running back, as reports circulated today that the Cowboys organization and Ezekiel Elliott are both holding firm to their respective offers, offers deemed unreasonable by the opposite party.

The Cowboys owner, who a month ago said that the Cowboys don’t need a rushing champ to win the Super Bowl, continues the cat and mouse game with the two-time rushing title holder.

Jones said on 105.3 The Fan, via Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

“We want Zeke when we get to the playoffs. We want Zeke when we’re in the dog days of this season.”

Jones is very much wrong in saying that the Cowboys don’t need their 1,400+ yard rusher to achieve the ultimate goal, but having a healthy, rested ace in the hole come crunch time would be far from worst case scenario, especially seeing as injuries to running backs are plentiful and the Cowboys have a laughably soft start to their season with the Giants, Redskins, Dolphins.

“A fresh Zeke at the end of the year would be great,” Jones said, via Gavin Dawson of 105.3 The Fan.

As it stands now, the Cowboys made a contract offer to Zeke that would be more than the Jets’ Le’Veon Bell ($13 mil average per year) but less than the Rams’ Gurley ($14 mil average per year).

Zeke’s camp believes this is a low ball offer seeing as Elliott led the league in rushing in 2016 and 2018 and might have done it in 2017 had he not served a six-game suspension.

From an organizational standpoint, the tailback position in the NFL is often futile and concerns over whether Zeke can keep his nose clean with the law is likely giving the Cowboys trepidation in backing up the Brinks truck.

Wherever this sage turns next, Zeke looks to be ready.

[h/t Yahoo! Sports]