Dallas Cowboys risk being backed into the same corner over CeeDee Lamb deal

The Dallas Cowboys have been dominating the offseason headlines for the wrong reasons.

Multiple-star player contracts need to be ratified as they battle the restrictions of the salary cap.

Premium players such as Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and Micah Parsons are all searching for new deals.

However, veteran Prescott will seemingly be made to play out the rest of his deal.

His cap hit cost $55 million but Jerry Jones is content with this playing out.

Lamb and Parsons eligible for second NFL contracts

Lamb enters the final year of his rookie contract and must be paid this offseason.

Elite wide receivers Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase also seek their first big deals elsewhere.

Therefore, Jones could wait to see how the market would pay before jumping the gun with Lamb.

Parsons has two years left on his rookie contract and his fifth-year option has been triggered.

Nonetheless, America’s Team knows he is eligible for an extension now.

The Cowboys’ front office understands their elite youngsters are suiting up for their first mega-deals.

As they know the costly deals are a matter of when not if, the Cowboys have spent stingily during free agency.

Pro Football Talk has questioned the recent management of the Cowboys’ key players when dealing with the salary cap.

PFT refers to the situation the Dallas Cowboys have worked themselves into with Dak Prescott.

Jerry Jones refused to tie the 30-year-old down to an extension after his third season as a starter.

Therefore, Prescott would hit free agency the following year. As a result, they used the franchise tag the next offseason.

Scared about the 44% pay increase Prescott would receive if franchised tagged once more, they offered the QB a four-year deal worth $160 million.

The new contract has included a no-tag clause that means Prescott will hit the open market next year.

PFT suggests they are following suit with the lack of movement on the Lamb deal.

Additionally, Parsons has already been reported to have ‘worn thin’ on the franchise.

Speculation has suggested this is to lower the price of the future deal but there is no evidence to confirm this.

If no deal is offered to Lamb then the franchise tag could be the tool the Cowboys turn to once more.

However, the longer this is delayed the more this will drive up the price with market positions growing annually.

The higher the price the more impact this will have on future cap hits.

Do the Cowboys need to manage their key players’ deals better? The answer to that seems very conclusive.