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The Dallas Cowboys have reportedly made CeeDee Lamb an extension offer that would make him one of the highest-paid receivers in the NFL on an annual basis. Apparently, that’s still not enough.
Lamb hasn’t expressed interest in signing the Cowboys’ latest extension offer, which is believed to be around $33 million per year, NFL Media reported. That number would only trail Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson for the highest annual salary for an NFL receiver ($35 million).
Not only does Lamb want to see the Cowboys increase the average annual salary on their offer, but he also has issues with the cash flow and guaranteed money on the proposed deal, NFL Media added in its report.
Lamb, 25, has held out of Cowboys training camp and didn’t practice with the team at all during the offseason as he enters the final year of his rookie contract. As the season nears, the pressure to get a deal done has seemingly increased.
However, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters earlier in August that the team is “not urgent about CeeDee returning.” That remark caused Lamb to post “lol” on social media, causing a bit of an uproar.
Jones clarified his remark ahead of the Cowboys’ first preseason game last Sunday.
“I understand completely the angst that’s happening when you’re anxious about and someone says anything about whether you’re missed or not. Well, CeeDee, you’re missed, OK?” Jones said on the Cowboys’ pregame show. “But you’re not missed out here competing, and it doesn’t put any pressure any place on us.”
A few days later, Jones told ESPN that both sides are “conscientiously working to get something done.”
“We obviously do this because of how bad we want to be together,” Jones added in his remarks to ESPN. “I know he wants to be a Dallas Cowboy and we want him to be a Dallas Cowboy, so I don’t flare too much when we see something that might be taken the wrong way, I really don’t.”
Lamb is coming off a career year. He led the league in receptions (135) and was second in…
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Publish date : 2024-08-17 19:33:50
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