Jerry Jones was a leading voice among 17 owners that would like to delay Roger Goodell's pending contract extension.

The owners had a conference call to discuss the issue on Thursday. Goodell's contract extension was scheduled to be completed in September but remains an unsolved issue going into November.

"You don't get to have this many messes over the years like Roger has had and survive it," said one owner on the call.

The NFL needs 24 owners to approve the replacement of Goodell and owners are skeptical there would be enough support for it.

"Maybe Arthur [Blank, the head of the Compensation Committee] and that committee think they're on track," an owner said about Goodell's proposed extension. "But they have a lot more resistance than they counted on -- and maybe they don't know how the resistance is growing as we speak."

Owners are unhappy with how Goodell has handled the NFL's situation with Los Angeles, as well as domestic violence issues and the ongoing player protests.

"We just don't have enough problem solvers," said another NFL owner. "We gotta get it right or we're just going to let it burn. Last time I felt like this was before the 1993 CBA settlement. That was just depressing, and Paul Tagliabue and Gene [Upshaw] stepped up and saved it in a spectacular way. We don't have that feeling right now."