Cowboys’ Jerry Jones to helderlyout WR CeeDee Lamb: ‘You’re leave outed’

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Three days after saying there was no inspirency in getting All-Pro expansive getr CeeDee Lamb signed to a condense extension, Dallas Cowboys owner and ambiguous deal withr Jerry Jones struck a contrastent tone Sunday.

“Now I comprehend endly the angst that’s happening when you’re worried about and someone says anyskinnyg about whether you’re leave outed or not. Well, CeeDee, you’re leave outed, OK?” Jones shelp on the Cowboys’ pregame show prior to their preseason uncoverer agetst the Los Angeles Rams. “But you’re not leave outed out here competing and it doesn’t put any presconfident any place on us.”

Jones’ innovative comments elevated eyebrows, and even drew an “lol” from Lamb on X. When asked at the time if he had inspirency to sign Lamb, Jones speedyly shelp no.

Why?

“I don’t comprehend why I shelp it,” Jones shelp Thursday. “I don’t comprehend. I don’t have a sense of inspirency about getting it done. Put any reason you want. I was at Nobu two days ago. Give that as the reason. Wdisappreciatever you want to put out there.”

The Cowboys have been in converseions with Lamb watching an extension that would originate him among the highest phelp getrs in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings signed Justin Jefferson to a four-year, $140 million deal that made him the highest-phelp non-quarterback in the NFL.

Lamb faces daily fines of $40,000 and becaengage he will leave out the Rams’ preseason game, he could be fined cforfeitly $1 million. However, all fines are at the team’s discretion becaengage Lamb is on his rookie deal, so they can be rescinded.

After a 2019 preseason game agetst the Rams, Jones’ jokingly shelp, “Zeke who?” after a firm carry outance by then-rookie running back Tony Pollard as Ezekiel Elliott skipped training camp in a condense helderlyout.

The week before the season, Elliott signed a six-year, $90 million condense extension that guaranteed him $50 million.

Even if he had been in training camp, Lamb was not going to perestablish in the preseason. But he has leave outed priceless rehearse time with Dak Prescott becaengage he was not at the team’s voluntary offseason program, nor its compulsory June minicamp.

The Cowboys uncover the standard season Sept. 8 at the Cleveland Browns.