Ezekiel Elliott isn’t the only NFL star holding out this offseason, it just feels that way.

The Cowboys, led by owner Jerry Jones, have waged a very public war in their contract dispute with the star running back.

“Who? Now Zeke who?” Jones said when asked about Elliott following rookie Tony Pollard’s standout performance in a 14-10 win over the Rams.

The joke did not sit well with Elliott, who has not said much while training in Cabo.

“I didn’t think it was funny and neither did Zeke — we actually thought it was disrespectful,” Elliott’s agent, Rocky Arceneaux, told ESPN.

And, of course, Jones had a response for that.

“Look, I’ve earned the right with Zeke, to joke. Period. I’ve earned that,” Jones said Tuesday after announcing the extension for linebacker Jaylon Smith.

Elliott has made a complicated Cowboys offseason — Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper are in the final year of their contracts — even more challenging by holding out with two years left on his deal. But in a season that has a Super Bowl-or-bust feel for Dallas, the NFL’s reigning rushing leader has plenty of leverage.

And now Jones appears to be running the risk of alienating the mercurial star.

The Cowboys and the controversial Elliott were always going to garner more media attention than Melvin Gordon’s Chargers standoff or the negotiations between Julio Jones and the Falcons, but Jerry Jones has brightened the spotlight to an extreme level now with just weeks to the regular season opener against the Giants.