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The Dallas Cowboys are set to break training camp Thursday and head back to Texas, but they are currently slated to do so without long-term extensions for either 2023 first-team All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb or 2023 second-team All-Pro quarterback Dak Prescott.
Jerry and Stephen Jones have been clear all offseason that they have been carving out cap space to re-sign both Prescott and Lamb, but they have yet to put pen to paper and extend the 2023 NFL receptions leader (Lamb with 135) or the 2023 NFL passing touchdowns leader (Prescott with 36).
For Jones and the Cowboys, it would make all the sense in the world to get both Lamb’s and Prescott’s contracts done no later than next week. Dallas is set to host a training camp practice at The Star, its team headquarters in Frisco, Texas, on Aug. 27 and another one with a season kickoff ceremony on Aug. 28.
On Tuesday, Jerry Jones offered a hopeful update on Lamb, who has held out from the entirety of the Cowboys’ offseason program in search of a second NFL contract beyond the final year of his rookie deal in 2024: “I believe we’ll come together.” Jones has reportedly offered a deal to his 25-year-old WR1 that would make him the second-highest paid wide receiver in the NFL on an average per year basis, trailing only fellow member of the 2020 NFL Draft class, Justin Jefferson, who signed a four-year, $135 million extension with $110 million guaranteed earlier this offseason.
“We’re in good shape there. We’re having good talks,” Jones said, via The Athletic, on Tuesday when asked about negotiations with Lamb. “I think I am [optimistic]. And when I say that, it doesn’t sound too promising. The facts are that I believe we’ll come together. I don’t want to speak for him. That’s what I’m trying not to do. But we wouldn’t have offered him what we’ve offered him if we didn’t want him to be here.”
As for Prescott, Dallas appears open…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-08-21 20:06:50
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