FRISCO (105.3 The Fan) - Yesterday, Dallas Cowboys COO Stephen Jones told GBAG nation that the team is having "active" contract discussions with quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper. Today he touched on the future of running back Ezekiel Elliott.
In the Cowboys' pre-NFL Draft press conference Jones let it be known that the team was very interested in exercising Elliot's fifth-year option. "Obviously, we're gonna do it," Jones said.
No shocker but newsworthy bookkeeping: #Cowboys Stephen Jones says team eventually exercising the fifth-year option on Ezekiel Elliott is an 'Obviously.' 'we're gonna do it,' he says. pic.twitter.com/u3qPe3woca
— mike fisher ✭ (@fishsports) April 17, 2019Jones didn't expand today on what the Cowboys plans for Elliott past the 2020 season might be, however back in February Jones spoke at the NFL Combine and said that the team has budgeted a "significant contract.".
Monday Ian Rapoport reported that some thought Elliott might hold out until he received a new contract from the Cowboys, however, he has been participating in the team's offseason programs.
There was some thought that #Cowboys star RB Ezekiel Elliott would stay away as he waits for the team to focus on his contract extension. But Elliott will be there today, source said, for offseason conditioning. He's kept it status quo.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 15, 2019Elliott is headed into the fourth year of his rookie deal and it appears the team plans on optioning the running back for a fifth season. Dallas could also place the franchise tag on him in 2021.
In an interview with 105.3 The Fan after the season ended, Jerry Jones was asked whether Elliott would be a Cowboy for the "foreseeable future?"
"Do we want Zeke in the foreseeable future on the Dallas Cowboys? The answer is yes," Jones told Shan and RJ. "That'd be madness to think any differently."
