• 2 months ago
We now live in a world where CeeDee Lamb has gotten his contract extension, but why was now the right time? Todd Archer from ESPN joined Shan & RJ to break down the timing on the deal, what their next priority will be extension wise, what to expect from the team working out free agent running back Dalvin Cook, today's roster cuts and more!
Transcript
00:00What finally pushed this CD-LAM deal over the top?
00:19Why did it finally get done now?
00:21The calendar?
00:22I mean, isn't that as good as any reason, right?
00:26I don't know how much like there was movement in the last couple of days, sure, that got
00:29a closer to what CD wanted.
00:32But I think the Cowboys knew you have to get him in this week to make sure he can be fully
00:38ready to go for Cleveland.
00:40We'll see if training camp matters at all, when a guy's going to have, what, six and
00:44a half practices, I guess, before the season opener.
00:47But I would probably say the calendar played as much of a part in this thing as anything
00:54else on both sides.
00:55I'm sure CD was looking to get here as well and didn't want to go to California for a
01:00meaningless week of training camp.
01:02And they just decided, let's really hammer this thing when they get back for that last
01:06preseason game.
01:07Did the Joneses win or lose anything by waiting?
01:13I don't think they lost anything because CD was not going to do a deal before Justin Jefferson,
01:20right?
01:21So none of that mattered.
01:23I guess I saw someone tweeted that Cowboys could have got this done for $20 million last
01:27year.
01:28Well, they offered him $25 million last year, and that didn't happen.
01:30So that's a false statement.
01:33So no, this and his agent, Torrey Dandy, knows this market better than anybody because he's
01:39had guys like AJ Brown, the guys that have helped form this market.
01:43So we knew where it was going.
01:44So they weren't in a rush to do it.
01:46I don't think the Cowboys lost anything by, quote, waiting, just because, again, I hate
01:55the Parrot Cherries line, and Stephen's line.
01:58It takes two sides to get a deal done.
02:01And if they weren't going to do it until the Jefferson deal, that's what they needed to
02:05have happen.
02:06Now, when did Jefferson sign?
02:08May?
02:09June?
02:10Whatever.
02:11Could it have done before August 26th?
02:13Yeah, it could have been.
02:16You know, that time frame.
02:17But that didn't really cost the Cowboys any cap space or cash space, in my view.

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