CeeDee Lamb reportedly asking Cowboys to increase $33 million per year offer

Not solely does Lamb wish to see the Cowboys enhance the typical annual wage on their provide, however he additionally has points with the money movement and assured cash on the proposed deal, NFL Media added in its report.

Lamb, 25, has held out of Cowboys coaching camp and did not follow with the workforce in any respect throughout the offseason as he enters the ultimate yr of his rookie contract. Because the season nears, the stress to get a deal finished has seemingly elevated.

Nonetheless, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones advised reporters earlier in August that the workforce is "not pressing about CeeDee returning." That comment prompted Lamb to submit "lol" on social media, inflicting a little bit of an uproar.

Jones clarified his comment forward of the Cowboys' first preseason sport final Sunday.

"I perceive utterly the angst that is taking place whenever you're anxious about and somebody says something about whether or not you are missed or not. Properly, CeeDee, you are missed, OK?" Jones stated on the Cowboys' pregame present. "However you are not missed out right here competing, and it would not put any stress anyplace on us."

Just a few days later, Jones advised ESPN that either side are "rigorously working to get one thing finished."

"We clearly do that due to how unhealthy we wish to be collectively," Jones added in his remarks to ESPN. "I do know he desires to be a Dallas Cowboy and we would like him to be a Dallas Cowboy, so I do not flare an excessive amount of after we see one thing that may be taken the fallacious manner, I actually do not."

Lamb is coming off a profession yr. He led the league in receptions (135) and was second in receiving yards (1,749). He was additionally third in receiving touchdowns (12).

Clarence Hill Jr., who covers for the Fortworth Star-Telegram, advised "The Herd" what he thinks Prescott is in search of from the Cowboys.

"The baseline for Dak is $55 million [per year]," Hill stated on Friday's "The Herd." "There's talks that he can get $60 or extra on the free-agent market. So, what is the comfortable medium for either side? The Cowboys wish to signal Dak. Dak desires to remain in Dallas. 

"However Dak's not going to take a foul deal. Dak's not going to take a lesser deal. He owes it to his household, to different quarterbacks to have a great deal."

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