Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has dropped a strong hint that his side will not be in the market for a quarterback in this month's Draft.

Speculation had begun to build that the Cowboys could choose Johnny Manziel with their first-round pick should the polarising former Texas A&M star not be snapped up earlier in the Draft.

However, Jones insists that his side already have strength in depth in the quarterback position, with Tony Romo, Kyle Orton, Brandon Weeden and Caleb Hanie all currently on the roster.

"I will go as far as to say it is not our primary goal in the first round to be looking at a quarterback. We've got a good one," Jones told reporters.

"It is logical that your position of strength or viewed as a strength would certainly not qualify for the most need in the first or second or early rounds. It does not qualify for the biggest need.

"If you look when you draft relative to the qualifications the best player on the board, then that opens it up for a lot of dynamics going on there. As far as quality quarterbacks, we're stacking them up if we draft [one] in my mind."

The Cowboys have finished with an 8-8 record in their last three seasons and have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2009 campaign.