CeeDee Lamb responded to Jerry Jones via X ... and his response left many questioning.
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00:00Welcome back to TMZ Sports, Mike and Mojo.
00:08Mojo, the Dallas Cowboys out here in California for a joint practice against the LA Rams.
00:16Two teams that have really high hopes for this season, especially the Dallas Cowboys.
00:21I mean, let's be honest, the future of Dak Prescott up in the air, the future of head
00:26coach Mike McCarthy up in the air.
00:28Jerry Jones wants not just the playoffs, Mojo, but he wants a Super Bowl win in 2024.
00:36A lot of that hinges on wide receiver, star wide receiver, CeeDee Lamb, and whether or
00:43not he gets a new deal.
00:45As all the football fans out there are well aware, CeeDee Lamb, who was arguably one of
00:50the two or three best receivers, most dangerous receivers in the entire NFL last season.
00:56He has been holding out from camp.
00:59He wants a new lucrative contract, and until he gets it, he says, I'm not showing up.
01:05Well, Jerry Jones out at practice this week when he was asked by reporters whether or
01:11not he feels a sense of urgency to get a deal done with CeeDee Lamb.
01:17Here's what Jerry Jones had to say.
01:18Do you feel a sense of urgency as you begin the preseason to get CeeDee Lamb done?
01:23No.
01:24No?
01:25Why do you say that?
01:26I just, I just, I went to high school or I went to college.
01:33I don't know why I said it, but I'm just saying I don't, I don't know, I don't have a sense
01:39of urgency about getting it done.
01:43So there was, Mojo, no sense of urgency.
01:46I don't know if that's the consensus amongst Cowboys fans, but Jerry Jones is the guy who
01:51runs the show, and that's what he had to say.
01:54The question I think you've got to ask, Mojo, is what does CeeDee Lamb have to say about
01:59what Jerry Jones said?
02:02Well, we know because he went to social media and somebody had tweeted the interview and
02:11CeeDee Lamb had a three letter response, LOL, Mojo.
02:17I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
02:19I feel like it's not great.
02:20Well, first of all, if I'm Jerry Jones and I'm a legitimate billionaire, I don't feel
02:25a sense of urgency about anything ever in life.
02:28I am good.
02:29I am not sweating.
02:31Any players contract on this team, any administrator coach, I don't care about a thing in life.
02:38I'm good.
02:39I got the big B baby.
02:41But as it relates to this particular negotiation, I'm not buying it.
02:47This right here, Babcock is the game.
02:51Who's going to break?
02:52Which side is going to cave first?
02:54And now these things used to be done behind closed doors.
02:57Now they're very, very public affairs.
03:00You use social media, you use podcasts and YouTube and interviews and newspapers and
03:07us right here at TMZ Sports to get your message out, to try and sway the other side.
03:13When it comes to contracts, what you're saying is not always what you're meaning.
03:17So this is the message that they're putting out.
03:19Who's going to cave first?
03:20Obviously, there's a lot of implications here.
03:23It is a high dollar contract.
03:24So it's worth playing these games with someone that's one of the most integral parts of your
03:29entire team.
03:30And it's for a fan base that is dying for a Super Bowl win.
03:35They've had the squad to potentially get this thing done.
03:38They've come so close in recent years just to blow it a tad bit early.
03:44So if I'm Jerry Jones, that's what I'm resting on for this.
03:48I don't care how good you are, how many yards.
03:50This team needs to be better and we need wins.
03:52If we don't have it, everybody is expendable here.
03:56And honestly, if I'm CeeDee Lamb, L-O-L period, that's a perfect response.
04:01I'm not talking trash.
04:03I'm not burying anybody.
04:04It's me saying I'm not sweating you and I'm playing the same game you are.
04:08We're good here.
04:09We'll see who caves first.