The Dallas Cowboys and the CeeDee Lamb contract holdout has hogged a great deal of attention (maybe part of Jerry Jones' marketing-first master plan) and it's also fueled a great deal of rumors and speculation.
The latest? The Cowboys have "offered Lamb a four-year contract worth $33.5 million per year.''
Is this valid? We know the Cowboys have made offers to Lamb, who seeks to be among the highest-paid non-QBs in NFL history. We also know that $33.5 million - a logical split-the-difference figure between a previous high guy (AJ Brown at $32 mil) and the new top guy (Justin Jefferson at $35 million) seems logical ... as does the concept of a four-year offer, as that is in vogue for recent wideout deals.
And just based on APY? That would make Lamb the second-highest-paid receiver in NFL history.
CowboysCountry.com reported two weeks ago that some of this framework represented "the relatively easy part,'' with guaranteed money remaining an obstacle.
A Twitter account run by " Pretty Rickey '' has a passionate following that believes he nails this sort of thing with some frequency, and so we relay to you his tweet here ... in which he cites those numbers and adds, "I would be surprised if this isn't resolved soon.''
Again, whether that is a "scoop'' or just a "logical deduction'' is probably immaterial to Cowboys Nation ... as long as owner Jerry Jones quits "joking'' about his "lack of urgency'' and seals the deal as the Dallas front office has pledged to do.
"Reading tea leaves''? That's part of the exercise here, even though the "mainstream media'' has engaged in a Twitter war with "Pretty Rickey.''
There have been offers exchanged. The numbers do make sense. The regular season starts in just over three weeks ... so the calendar suggests a "solution'' is coming.
Do Cowboys fans care which media outlets gets this first or gets this right?
Not near as much as Cowboys fans want the Joneses to do so.
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