DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - Cowboys owner Jerry Jones commented publicly for the first time Wednesday after agreeing to an extension with his star running back, Ezekiel Elliott.
.@dallascowboys owner Jerry Jones explains the $90 million contract extension with @EzekielElliott: "I'm $100 million lighter as of this morning. Zeke has been arguably our best player… he's an incremental part to our success." pic.twitter.com/Tj8yFTnwTM
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 4, 2019
"Zeke has been arguably our best player. I'm not trying to be unfair to anybody else but he's an incremental part to our success, and we're glad to have him on the team," Jones said during an appearance on Squawk on the Street on CNBC. "He plays a position with some pretty interesting dynamics to it because running backs are short-lived. Although, we had what I consider to be one of the top-five greatest ones in Emmitt Smith, and Emmitt ran the ball for 13 years ... Zeke has a big heart and now he's got a thick pocketbook, too."
Jones was then asked what he'd say to the people who will say he overpaid with the six-year, $90 million ($50 million guaranteed) contract they gave the 24-year-old.
"Anybody, when talking about that kind of money, we're all overpaid, if you really wanted to look at it that way," Jones said. "For what he has done, how he's worked, utilized his skills, then he's in the market place of where we are in pro sports and pro football."
