Cowboys' Jerry Jones maintains CeeDee Lamb is 'missed' amid contract chaos

Skip Bayless reacts to CeeDee Lamb holding out of the Dallas Cowboys training camp amidst a contract dispute, then discuss Jerry Jones' strategy towards the WR's deal.

Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones had a message for wide receiver CeeDee Lamb as the two sides are engaged in a contract dispute with less than a month before the start of the season.

Jones made the remarks during the organization’s "Countdown to Kickoff" show before the Cowboys took on the Los Angeles Rams in their first preseason game.

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CeeDee Lamb, #88 of the Dallas Cowboys, looks on as he warms up prior to an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 14, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

"I think I got in trouble about it the other day when I said, ‘Look, we’re not urgent about CeeDee.’ Well, no one appreciates CeeDee being on the field any more than I do," Jones said, via Pro Football Talk.

"But let me say this, he wouldn’t be taking a snap out here today if he’d been here. You’ve got to use your head when you expose key players. … We know exactly what CeeDee can do. He worked out with Dak. And so we wouldn’t have him out here. It has really not anything to do with his contract. Dak won’t be out here this afternoon.

"And so the bottom line is, what it is is, no, there’s not that urgency. Now, I understand completely the angst that’s happening when you’re anxious about and someone says anything about whether you’re missed or not. Well, CeeDee, you’re missed, OK? But you’re not missed out here competing, and it doesn’t put any pressure, anyplace on us. It’s not pressure out here today and in practice."

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