NFL commissioner Roger Goodell must be a feeling at least a little bit hassled about his contract extension talks.

It has been reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen that sources had told them that discussions of Goodell’s contract extension haven’t been flowing as smoothly as it was once expected to be – no thanks to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

“If not for Jerry,” one person familiar with the contract negotiations said this weekend, “this deal would be done.”

While some owners believe a deal will be agreed upon, others aren't quite as sure thanks to Jones, who has interjected himself into the process of the NFL's six-man compensation committee, becoming the unofficial seventh member.

Jones isn’t part of the six-man compensation committee that deliberates on Goodell’s extension deal, but he’s been reportedly growing more active in getting himself involved in the process as an outsider. It’s easy to add political color in here, as Jones has earlier been described as silently annoyed at how the Goodell and his office is handling the case of Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott.

Goodell’s current contract as commissioner of the NFL will run until 2019.