Jerry Jones has his own dictionary. The Cowboys owner added to it Saturday night in his pregame interview with 105.3 The Fan.Jones said he is not bothered by Ezekiel Elliott‘s holdout Tyrone Crawford Jersey Stitched , calling it part of the “ongoingness” of the NFL.“You know that it’s a marathon,” Jones said before the Cowboys-49ers game, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “It’s a long season. It’s a long career. And so that you don’t let a week or a month, you don’t let any of that bother you. It goes on all the time.”Elliott’s holdout has reached its 16th day with no end in sight. “If [fans] read the newspaper, they’ll see he’s in Cabo and we’re in San Francisco Youth Chris Jones Jersey ,” Jones said when asked if there was an update on contract negotiations.The Cowboys have Elliott under contract for $3.85 million in 2019 and $9.09 million in 2020 under his fifth-year option. They then could use the franchise tag on him.They repeatedly have said they have made the star running back a “solid” offer, but the Cowboys want to pay Elliott somewhere in the range of what the Jets gave Le'Veon Bell, not what the Rams paid Todd Gurley. Gurley’s average annual salary is $14.375 million; Bell’s is $13.125 million. Elliott reportedly wants $15 million a season.So the stalemate continues.Rookie Tony Pollard started for the Cowboys in the exhibition opener. He had four carries for 16 yards on the opening drive. The Rams aren’t ready to talk to agent Ryan Tollner regarding a new contract for quarterback Jared Goff. The Rams, however, are ready to talk about when they may want to talk about a new contract for Goff.Via Gary Klein of the  Chris Jones Jersey Stitched , Rams G.M. Les Snead said Friday that the Rams have had “preliminary discussions” with Tollner regarding a timeline for talks regarding Goff’s deal.“Nothing heavy,” Snead said of the communications. “No heavy lifting.”Like coach Sean McVay, Snead made it clear that the Rams intend to keep Goff around.“If a quarterback can prove he can win in this league — win two division championships and get to a Super Bowl — I think it’s obvious that at some point he will get a long-term contract from the Rams,” Snead said.It’s obvious the Rams want to keep Goff. It won’t be obvious that the two sides will reach a consensus on what Goff is worth until they do.It’s also obvious that the passage of time, and the unfolding of another salary-cap cycle Youth Jeff Heath Jersey , will serve only to make Goff’s price higher. Really, why wait? If Goff is the guy, do a deal now before the price goes even higher.The club of young NFL quarterbacks who are eligible for second contracts but who have yet to get one currently has a very limited membership. Beyond Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota (both of whom will make $20.8 million this year as they try to prove themselves worthy of second deals), only Goff and Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott have finished three regular seasons without signing new contracts.At least Prescott and the Cowboys are talking. For now, Goff and the Rams are only talking about when they will talk.