Jerry Jones: Cowboys won’t cavern to Zack Martin holdout

The Dallas Cowboys are tailoring up for the 2023 NFL season without an offensive pillar in right guard Zack Martin, who’s holding out in hopes of a brand-new agreement. 

Don’t hold your breath on him getting a brand-new offer anytime quickly.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed to the Dallas press corps Saturday that the franchise isn’t obligated to provide Martin a brand-new agreement.

“Nothing,” Jones stated when asked what requires to modification for Martin to program up. “He’ll come to camp when he comes to camp. There’s no resolution. There are a lot of repercussions if he doesn’t. … He’s been at the leading of the cash all the method through, prepared high and got a lot of cash, got a lot of cash over the years. It’s simply hard to get it all. The bottom line is, absolutelynothing requires to takeplace.”

Martin, 32, is gettingin his 10th season with the Cowboys, who picked him with the No. 16 choice in the 2014 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame. He hasactually made 8 Pro Bowl lineups and made 6 All-Pro honors. 

Martin, who’s due $13.5 million next season, is goinginto the 5th season of a six-year, $84 million offer ($14 million average yearly wage) with the Cowboys, which puts him ninth in average yearly income amongst interior offensive linemen. Chris Lindstrom (five-year, $102.5 million offer with the Atlanta Falcons) and Quenton Nelson (four-year, $80 million offer with the Indianapolis Colts) are No. 1 and 2 at the position. Both signed their offers within the last year.

Jones likewise stated the Cowboys requirement the cash Martin looksfor to pay the rest of their lineup, consistingof star linebacker Micah Parsons.

Other looming agreement matters for Dallas consistof running back Tony Pollard, who’s playing on the $10.1 million franchise tag next season, center Tyler Biadasz and right takeon Terence Steele, and quarterback Dak Prescott, who has 2 seasons staying on his four-year, $160 million offer.

The Cowboys are coming off a 12-5 season that ended at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional round. Their preseason opener is at house versus the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 12, with their regular-season opener coming on the roadway versus the New York Giants on Sept. 10.