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Dak Prescott and receiver Amari Cooper Darnell Savage Jr. Jersey , both of whom have contracts that expire after the season, the Cowboys don’t seem to be thinking at all about negotiating a new contract with running back Ezekiel Elliott.It’s fairly obvious that the Cowboys aren’t making Elliott a priority for a 2019 re-do, and it’s equally obvious that Elliott won’t be clamoring for his second contract this year. The question becomes whether the Cowboys will extend Elliott prior to the 2020 season, which will be the last of his rookie deal.Dan Graziano of ESPN recently speculated that the Cowboys may wait until after Elliott’s rookie deal expires, opting to sign him to a new contract with application of the franchise tag looming or opting to keep him for a sixth (and perhaps final) season under the tag. These possibilities, however, fly in the face of comments previously made by Cowboys COO Stephen Jones.“Certainly we’ve got a couple years there with Zeke to get that done,” Jones told the #PFTPM podcast in the days after the 2019 draft. “We certainly want to get him done. He’s the straw, if you will, that stirs our drink. He’s a key part of what we’re about. Those things take time to get done. They don’t happen overnight. Certainly he’s a priority in terms of ultimately getting him signed. There hasn’t really been a timetable put on this.”While Zeke may be the straw that stirs the drink now, the Cowboys possibly will be stirring the drink with a new straw, if the offensive focus shifts from banging the ball into the middle of the line of scrimmage with Zeke to developing a stronger passing game, fueled by Amari’s 2,000-yard aspirations. If, after a 2019 season that could, in theory, see more Dak and less Zeke http://www.packerscheapstore.com/elgton-jenkins-jersey-cheap , maybe Zeke becomes less of a priority.Then there’s the possibility that a coaching change is coming for the Cowboys after the 2019 season, and a new coach may feel differently about a Zeke-centric offense.Maybe, eventually, Zeke will get the DeMarco Murray treatment. Murray set the franchise’s single-season rushing record in 2014. His reward? A trip to the open market, and a one-way ticket out of town.It’s currently difficult to envision the Cowboys reaching the same conclusion about Elliott, especially since the franchise used the fourth overall pick in 2016 to get him. Still, quality running backs are easier to find, and are far cheaper, than quality quarterbacks. With plenty of star players on the payroll who have been or will be paid, there’s a chance someone will be holding the bag. Until Elliott gets a second contract, there’s a chance it will be him.Elliott seems to be content with the reality of not getting a new contract in the near future. Given the possibility that the team may never give him one, Elliott should revisit his position on whether now is the time to draw a line in the sand and demand more. It was a fitting form of protest, given the circus that NFL officiating has become, game after game, week after week: A trio of spectators wore clown makeup and black-and-white striped jerseys in the stands at the Detroit Lions‘ home game against the Minnesota Vikings.Other fans who wore officials’ shirts accessorized the ensemble with ski masks, as if setting out to commit a robbery. Folks in the crowd booed during the pregame coin toss. And they booed some more when the first yellow flag flew, a week after the Lions were hurt by some questionable calls of illegal hands to the face.“You can ask the refs if it affects them. I don’t know Jace Sternberger Jersey ,” Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford said about the jeering Sunday after his team was beaten by Minnesota 42-30. “But I think they’re pretty used to it, probably, too.”Here is what players, coaches and fans are getting used to: hard-to-understand rulings, followed by inscrutable explanations coming from the league office.Coaches are generally afraid to say what they really think about the matter, which is why Bill O’Brien said this — twice — after an in-the-grasp call he didn’t like in his Houston Texans‘ 30-23 loss at the Indianapolis Colts: “I’m not going to answer any officiating questions.”And players know what can happen if they dare utter what they believe.Los Angeles Rams linebacker Clay Matthews reportedly was fined after tweeting about what he considers the officials’ “inability to make the accurate and correct calls” and how the NFL’s head of officiating, Al Riveron, “continues to blindly side with his refs and the current status quo.”Here are other top topics after the seventh Sunday of the NFL season:GAME BALLNot too often that a game ball recipient wasn’t even on hand for the game, but 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan chose to offer that ceremonial honor to his father, Mike, after San Francisco beat the hapless Washington Redskins 9-0 on a rainy afternoon. Why? Well, the Shanahans were fired by the Redskins — Mike was head coach; Kyle ran his offense — in 2013 and it was a less-than-amicable parting. “It was a game we wanted to win for (Kyle) and Mike Shanahan,” Niners tight end George Kittle said, “and it was really fun that we could get that for him.”LET’S MAKE A DEALWith a little more than a week to go until the Oct. 29 NFL trade deadline, it’s time for a few teams whose seasons are lost causes to be smart about things and get what they can for whatever (little) of value they have on the roster. Let’s start with the most obvious candidates for sell-offs: The Miami Dolphins (0-6) and Cincinnati Bengals (0-7) are both winless under rookie head coaches and heading nowhere fast. There might not be a ton to work with, but they surely can find a buyer or two for some assets. Next up are two clubs that are 1-6 with nothing to play for: The Redskins already have fired coach Jay Gruden, and it seems to be only a matter of time until the Atlanta Falcons do the same with Dan Quinn http://www.packerscheapstore.com/dexter-williams-jersey-cheap , even if he did take them to the Super Bowl. It makes zero sense at all for Washington to hold onto left tackle Trent Williams, who is holding out; they need to start all over yet again. Other teams that should consider unloading a veteran or two in exchange for a draft pick or two include the New York Giants, who at least have Daniel Jones to rebuild around, and the Denver Broncos, who appear to be in real trouble.TRADE-OFFSIf playoff contenders such as the New Orleans Saints, who are now 5-0 with Teddy Bridgewater starting in place of an injured Drew Brees, or the Colts, who somehow have managed to go 4-2 after Andrew Luck retired in the preseason — and can we just agree right now that Sean Payton and Frank Reich deserve all of the Coach of the Year votes? — want to see proof that making a swap can pay immediate dividends, they need look no further than the Los Angeles Rams and Baltimore Ravens. The Rams picked up cornerback Jalen Ramsey from the Jacksonville Jaguars and, thanks in part to his miraculous recovery from a bad back (insert eyeroll emoji here), his debut featured a forced fumble, four tackles and some serious defense against premier receiver Julio Jones in a 37-10 victory over imploding Atlanta. The DB jettisoned by the Rams because they added Ramsey, Marcus Peters, also made quite an impression on his new team, the Ravens. He scored his fifth career pick 6, a 67-yard return after intercepting Russell Wilson in Baltimore’s 30-16 win at Seattle.