A deal finally got done!
Dallas Cowboys superstar wide receiver CeeDee Lamb has agreed to a four-year, $136 million contract extension with the franchise, according to Monday reports from NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. Along with a $38 million signing bonus (a record for wide receivers), Lamb will be getting $100 million in guaranteed money, per Rapoport and Pelissero’s reporting. (RELATED: Buffalo Bills Cut A Boatload Of Players Including A Former Pro Bowler And Quarterback Ahead Of The Deadline)
Lamb will be paid the second-highest average yearly salary for wide receivers with the mark being at $34 million, placing him behind Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson. Jefferson’s deal is at four years, $35 million annually.
Since OTAs, Lamb has stayed away from the Cowboys, doing so in an effort to lock in a new contract prior to the kickoff of the 2024 campaign. Throughout the process, Lamb has consistently seen himself in the news because of how long he’s been gone from the organization. Things ratcheted up when owner Jerry Jones was speaking with the media and said that there wasn’t “any urgency to get it done” earlier in August, which sparked up an “lol” response on social media from Lamb.
BREAKING: WR CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys agree to 4-year, $136M extension with $100M guaranteed.
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I know my stepdad is somewhere smiling. (He’s a Cowboys fan)
He was one of the people I went on vacation with in Cape Coral, and I remember one night over dinner after the CeeDee Lamb news broke, I was giving him ish about the whole “lol” tweet that CeeDee put out. He just keeps eating and in a grumpy voice says, “A deal will get done.”
You can tell he’s used to these drama-filled summers that Dallas has, and here’s another one in the books.