Zack Martin not currently at Cowboys’ camp; Jerry Jones ‘urgent’ to win Super Bowl with current group

The Dallas Cowboys are still in a Super Bowl mindset even though one of their key players has not reported to training camp.

Offensive guard Zack Martin, a member of the Madden “99 Club” and one of the best interior linemen in the NFL, hasn't shown up for the start of camp. He reportedly missed the team's flight from Dallas to Oxnard, Calif., the site of their training camp.

Martin is currently staying away with the hopes that he can have an adjustment to his contract that pays him more commensurately with the highest-paid guards in football. The Cowboys are set to start practice officially on Wednesday morning.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday he wouldn't speculate on anything related to Martin's availability or any negotiations.

"I'm not going to discuss anything about any player or players' agreements, but we certainly have great communication with frankly everybody," Jones said. "So, not necessarily any surprises at all but we won't be discussing the football business aspect of this thing with any public comments."

Dallas has more than $20 million in salary-cap space currently. But as executive vice president Stephen Jones pointed out, the Cowboys have other young players who will soon need extensions, mentioning Trevon Diggs, CeeDee Lamb, Micah Parsons and Terence Steele. Perhaps Jones was alluding to future news as NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported later Tuesday that Diggs had agreed to a $97 million contract extension.

With Martin out for now, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said the team will continue working with the first-team offensive line how it has been since the start of the offseason program, with Tyron Smith at left tackle and Tyler Smith at left guard, where he saw some