DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) - The Dallas Cowboys have had contract talks with Ezekiel Elliott's agent, however it's not close, according to reports.
With Cowboys players at training camp in Oxnard going through conditioning today, there is still no sign of Elliott.
But, the Dallas Cowboys front office and Elliott's agents have had some contract extension talks. "It's not close. But there have been discussions," says NFL reporter Ian Rapoport.
What you do -- and what the Fan's Mike Fisher bets owner Jerry Jones is prepared to help COO Stephen Jones in doing -- is to assure Elliott that while his leverage isn't what he might think it is, his desires are nevertheless heard and respected and that he will be accelerated up to the top of the priorities, same as teammates Prescott and Cooper, once we all get our bags unpacked in Oxnard.
There is a time to consider trading any player. But that time is not when he is young, cheap and great. Elliott is surely acutely aware of the grind-'em-down nature of his position, and wants his big payday before the grind-down. But Dallas is similarly aware of how its 2019 Super Bowl aspirations will be torpedoed without Elliott.
A compromise is the answer. A lengthy holdout is a poor answer. A trade? That's no answer at all.
