Lamb, one of the best at his position in the NFL, did not participate in the Cowboys’ preseason as he awaits a new long-term contract. While he’s still waiting on a new contract to tie him to the Cowboys and there are questions about his future in Texas, Dallas owner Jerry Jones is optimistic the two camps can come to an agreement. “I’m confident we’re going to be in this together,” Jones told the media Tuesday, according to the Cowboys’ website. “I don’t want to speak for him. I try to stay away from it, but if we didn’t want him we wouldn’t have given him what we did.”Lamb is coming off a first-team All-Pro season with the Cowboys.
He led the NFL in receptions and set franchise records for both receptions and receiving yards in a season. He had 135 catches for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns. In four seasons in the league, he recorded 395 receptions, 5,145 receiving yards and 32 touchdowns. The 25-year-old three-time Pro Bowler is out this season as long-term contract negotiations continue. Lamb is scheduled to make $17.99 million on his current contract in 2024 based on the fifth-year option on his rookie contract, according to the NFL website. However, he becomes a free agent at the end of the season.
According to ESPN, the Cowboys offered Lamb a contract that would make him the second-highest-paid wide receiver in the league behind Justin Jefferson’s $35 million per season contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Lamb did not participate in voluntary workouts or mandatory minicamps earlier in the summer and did not participate in training camps. He’s never played in a preseason game for the Cowboys, and with the 2024 NFL season set to begin (Dallas opens at the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 8), there’s a real possibility Lamb won’t play in the opener. But one of Lamb’s star teammates isn’t worried about his availability in Week 1. “CeeDee is part of this brotherhood whether she wants to be or not,” Cowboys quarterback Micah Parsons said in early August. “He knows he’s not going anywhere. The business side is what it deals with. There is no doubt. “In Week 1, he plays the Dallas Cowboys.”
