Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper is entering the final year of his rookie deal and has made it clear that he wants a new contract with America's Team. Michael Thomas of the New Orleans Saints just signed a contract that made him the highest-paid receiver in the league, but Jane Slater of NFL Network doesn't think that will be the case for long.

Appearing on Undisputed on FS1, Slater said she thinks that Cooper was waiting to see how much Thomas got paid before he requested the dollar amount that he needs to be paid to get a new deal.

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If that ends up being the case, that is a little different than the comments of Stephen Jones, who made it clear that the Cowboys won't be setting the market for contracts for Cooper, Dak Prescott, or Ezekiel Elliott.

“We've got three really good football players that we're dealing with here and that have very good representation. And they want to see the market,” Jones said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “We can't push the issue unless we want to be a market-setter. And we're damn sure not going to be a market-setter, because of all the things that go with being a Dallas Cowboy.

“We want to be fair. We want our players to feel good about their contract. But at the same time, we don't want to do things that are out of line because we can't afford to be that way. Whether it's Dak, whether it's Amari, whether it's Zeke, they all understand we've got a whole group of young players coming behind them that want to be Dallas Cowboys and want to stay here. When we save money, whether it's with Dak, whether it's with Zeke, whether it's with Amari, it's not saving Jerry and I a dollar. It's just money that's going to go to another player. … We're very convicted that we're going to get these deals done.”

This is a contract situation that should be followed very closely, because if the Cowboys aren't willing to open the pocketbook and maybe even set the new market, there is a chance that he could walk after this season and find that type of money somewhere else.