Cowboys’ Jerry Jones has blunt response to Zack Martin’s contract holdout: ‘We want the cash’

Take it from Jerry Jones himself, Zack Martin.

You’re not as vital as Micah Parsons.

The 32-year-old Martin, an eight-time All-Professional at guard (all however one season he’s performed within the NFL), has not but reported to Cowboys coaching camp and is holding out as he enters his tenth season with the staff.

He nonetheless has two years left on his present deal, with a median annual wage of $14 million per yr, making him the eighth-highest-paid guard within the NFL.

He’s outperformed that deal and needs to regulate his contract extra in keeping with his stature.

However Jones, the staff’s brazen longtime proprietor, left little room for interpretation.

It’s not taking place.

“It’s not about precedent. It’s about details,” Jones advised reporters on Saturday. “We want the cash to pay Parsons. We want the cash to pay the gamers that we obtained to pay sooner or later. It’s a truth. It’s not even a philosophy. It’s only a truth.”

Getting into his third yr after the Cowboys drafted him No. 12-overall within the 2021 draft, Parsons, 24, has emerged as probably the greatest defensive gamers within the league at linebacker and edge rusher.

After signing cornerback Trevon Diggs to a big extension, securing Parsons’ long-term future is probably going the following largest precedence for the Cowboys.

Martin began all 17 common season video games final yr and didn’t give up a sack, per Professional Soccer Focus.

He began each playoff video games as effectively.

However Jones sees no cause for a increase.

“These {dollars} are there and we have now this at this stage, and in case you redid all of the contracts, you then by no means may put a roster collectively,” Jones mentioned.

He additionally is aware of that apart from not exhibiting up, there’s not a lot Martin can do about it.

“He’ll come to camp when he involves camp,” Jones mentioned. “There’s no decision. There are a number of penalties if he doesn’t. … He’s been on the prime of the cash all through, drafted excessive and obtained some huge cash, obtained some huge cash through the years. It’s simply onerous to get all of it. The underside line is, nothing must occur.”