Cowboys' Micah Parsons sure CeeDee Lamb will suit up for Week 1 - ESPN

OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb's holdout has reached 21 days, but that does not mean he is not paying attention to what's going on at training camp without him.

Micah Parsons said Lamb reached out to him and said, 'Oh, you going crazy,' in practice after watching practice film on his tablet.

Parsons does not have back channels to the negotiations, but he said he does believe Lamb will be on board soon. The Cowboys have exchanged proposals with Lamb's agent, but work remains to get a deal done that would make him among the highest-paid receivers in the game. He is set to make $17.99 million on the fifth-year option.

Parsons is eyeing the Sept. 8 season opener against the Cleveland Browns.

«We have our talks, but at the end of the day, me and CeeDee and all of us, we kind of know what it is. CeeDee is a part of the brotherhood whether he likes it or not,» Parsons said. «He knows he's not going nowhere. The business side, they going to take care of him.… But obviously, we miss him. I mean he's one of the best people you can have in a locker room, and I'm pretty sure he'll be here soon, because no doubt about it, Week 1, he will be suited up for the Dallas Cowboys.»

Lamb's fines have totaled more than $1 million with him skipping the mandatory minicamp in June, training camp and the first preseason game, although the fines can be rescinded by the team because he is on his rookie deal.

Last week, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said he did not have urgency to get a deal done, but he changed his tune slightly on Sunday by saying, «CeeDee is missed.»

While he would not have played in the preseason games, Lamb has missed valuable practice time, but the Cowboys don't think it will take him long to