The Dallas Cowboys began their voluntary offseason program this week, but there was one notable absence from the group of players who chose to attend: superstar wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.
According to a report from NFL insider Adam Schefter, CeeDee Lamb has decided that he will not take part in the voluntary workouts as he seeks a new contract from the team ahead of the final season of his rookie contract.
“Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb isn’t expected to attend the start of Dallas’ voluntary off-season program Monday while he awaits a new contract to replace the one scheduled to pay him a fully-guaranteed $17.199 million for his upcoming fifth-year option season,” Schefter said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
This is obviously pretty brutal news for the Dallas Cowboys as it indicates that Lamb is not exactly happy with his contract situation given the lack of progress on a new contract. It’s also particularly brutal that it comes right after the Philadelphia Eagles signed their own star wide receiver, DeVonta Smith, to a deal well before his contract was up.
All in all, it’s not a great situation for the Cowboys and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
Despicable vibes. Downtrodden, disrespectful, disgusting. https://t.co/udWIealSAz
— tom stakes (@tomstakes) April 15, 2024
We are living in two separate worlds https://t.co/36yVyIWbFz
— Connor Livesay (@ConnorNFLDraft) April 15, 2024
To be clear this is not worth panicking over.
But it is certainly not ideal. Get it done. This isn't complicated. https://t.co/WOSnft0Qhc
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) April 15, 2024
First the Smitty extension. Now the Cowboys unable to sign their star WR. This Monday gets better and better https://t.co/mRCV2iJEfu
— Mark Kremer (@mark_kremer) April 15, 2024
Meanwhile, in Dallas… https://t.co/og2IAgCwsB
— The Birds Blitz (@TheBirdsBlitz) April 15, 2024
Nobody needs to freak out over this.
But it is hilarious that it happened right after the DeVonta extension.
The Cowboys have a horrible inability to get things done ahead of time with their superstars. https://t.co/UlrumTymY1
— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) April 15, 2024
This dropping like 10 minutes after the DeVonta Smith extension is hysterical. https://t.co/y2DumsAUuw
— Joe Dolan (@FG_Dolan) April 15, 2024
Not surprised. I don’t doubt a deal will happen I just know it’s going to be dragged out so we pay him as much as possible https://t.co/yNyxmoY3Ts
— Defy (@defytalkcowboys) April 15, 2024
We’ll have to see how the Cowboys handle this situation.
