Stephen Jones brutally honest about Cowboys contract situation
Can the Cowboys make it all work?
The Dallas Cowboys are going to have several major decisions to make before long, as several of their top players are in need of new contracts. The list of players is led by quarterback Dak Prescott, who is set to enter the final year of his current contract but there has been little progress on a new pact.
Meanwhile, Micah Parsons and CeeDee Lamb will also need new deals; the latter has been holding out from team activities while he awaits a more lucrative contract.
According to Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, his team is going to have to do their best "Houdini" impression in order to make things work financially. He had the following to say while making a guest appearance on The Athletic’s new podcast, Scoop City, hosted by Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel:
“Those things just take time when you’re talking about the amount of money involved, and of course, we’re trying to a little bit play Houdini and how to keep all these guys around Dak and keep these players we were fortunate enough to draft. When you start stacking ‘em up like that, it’s a challenge it’s not that it’s not doable, but you certainly gotta have some give and take if you want to do that. I know the Vikings there with Jefferson when they made that inordinate deal at the receiver spot, they don’t have one player on their team other than Jefferson making over $20 million.
Of course, we got a big one in Dak [Prescott], and we got [Trevon] Diggs right there, and then you got Zack Martin and D-Law. So we got a lot of guys making quite a bit of money. It’s no excuses we think we can get this done, know we can get it done, but it just takes time.”
The Cowboys are set to open Training Camp later this week.
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