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LOS ANGELES — Jerry Jones was ready to walk it back.
At the very least, the Dallas Cowboys team owner was ready to clarify his negotiating stance.
How badly does he want to reunite with All-Pro receiver CeeDee Lamb?
Desire and urgency, Jones explained Sunday, are not synonymous.
“It has nothing to do with our feeling about what CeeDee Lamb is to the Dallas Cowboys and what we expect him to be in the future,” Jones said Sunday from SoFi Stadium ahead of his team’s preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams. “I think I got in trouble the other day when I said, ‘Look, we’re not urgent about CeeDee [returning].’”
The lack of urgency stems from the four weeks remaining until the Cowboys open their regular season at the Cleveland Browns, Jones said. He added that Lamb would not have played in this week’s preseason game, and the team owner does not worry about Lamb’s chemistry entering Year 5 with Dak Prescott at quarterback.
Ahead of Cowboys-Rams preseason game, Jerry Jones says he “got in trouble the other day” for saying signing CeeDee Lamb isn’t urgent.
“I understand completely the angst that’s happening (about) whether you’re missed or not. Well, CeeDee: You’re missed.”
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— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) August 11, 2024
This isn’t the first time Dallas has waited to sign a premium contract deal, the Cowboys’ mantra that “deadlines make deals” for their stars increasingly becoming “until there is a deadline, we will make no deal.”
On the team’s current roster alone, Prescott, running back Ezekiel Elliott and defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence have received deals at deadlines for free agency, season opener and surgery time, respectively. Players and coaches alike know that Lamb’s negotiation is par for the course — and, largely, outside of their control.
Even so, what impact do the Cowboys’ negotiation strategies have on the team psyche? For an organization 28 years removed from…
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Publish date : 2024-08-12 00:49:49
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