Rather less than two weeks away from the beginning of the common season Dallas Cowboys star receiver CeeDee Lamb nonetheless doesn’t have a brand new contract.
Many anticipated a deal would’ve been reached by this level, however Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones has chosen to sluggish play issues, making coronary heart charges in Dallas rise the nearer it will get to Week 1 with out the workforce’s high offensive star underneath contract.
However a deal may seemingly occur at any second given how shut ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed the 2 sides are on Monday’s episode of “Get Up.”
“The 2 sides are roughly — roughly as a result of I don’t know the specifics — about one million {dollars} a yr aside,” Schefter said. “How exhausting can or not it’s to bridge that distinction to get one of the priceless gamers in soccer again into the fold lower than two weeks earlier than the beginning of the common season and Dallas has to tackle the Cleveland Browns? We’re speaking about one million {dollars} right here. In the event you’re the Dallas Cowboys, puff up the previous couple of years, inflate the common wage, get the man in camp and get it performed. They’re not that far aside.”
Jones had little to say concerning Lamb’s contract following Dallas’ preseason finale in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday, telling reporters he had no updates and he was solely going to speak concerning the gamers who confirmed as much as the sport.
“It’s exhausting to suppose that they’ve allowed it to linger — each side — to this spot, to this time,” Schefter added. “Assuming it does get performed…then you definitely’ve acquired to fret about him getting again in, getting as much as conditioning degree, mushy tissue damage — like what are we doing?”
The 25-year-old wideout is presumably in line for one of many richest vast receiver contracts in NFL historical past coming off his breakout 135-reception, 1,749-yard, 12-touchdown season.
Spotrac projects Lamb’s market worth round $35.1 million per yr, which might make him the highest-paid WR within the NFL, simply forward of Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson ($30M per yr.)