The Dallas Cowboys are returning to Oxnard, California, but Pro Bowl wide receiver CeeDee Lamb will not be joining them.
Lamb did not show up at the Dallas Cowboys training camp on Wednesday and awaits a contract extension. CeeDee and the Cowboys have worked out a new deal, but are yet to come to an agreement.
According to Tom Pelissero, Lamb was not on the team traveling to California on Wednesday, which was the team’s official reporting day.
It is the continuation of an offseason impasse between one of the greatest receivers in the NFL and the team that drafted him. Lamb has been a no-show for voluntary workouts and compulsory minicamp. As was the case with the workouts, he will pay daily fines.
In an offseason in which most of his elite WR brothers; the Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, the Philadelphia Eagles’ A.J Brown and DeVonta Smith and the Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown has gotten profitable extensions, Lamb waits for what he believes he has earned.
The 2020 NFL Draft first-rounder is owed $17.9 million in 2924 on the fifth-year option.
Lamb is off his third straight Pro Bowl season and one in which he got his first All-Pro accolade. He gathered an NFL-and career-high 135 receptions for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns; each of the latter career bests.
An epitome of consistency, since he was a 935-yard rookie, Lamb has successive 1,000-yard seasons with each of the last two coming on 100-plus catches.
Lamb is one of three Dallas superstars in line for new contracts. Quarterback Dak Prescott is set to play the last year of his present contract, while linebacker Micah Parsons is also on the agenda for a mega-extension.
