How long will CeeDee Lamb’s holdout last?

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb will not be at practice again today as the team heads for day 2 of training camp. With the regular season season just over a month away, the Cowboys are under pressure to come up with a deal that makes everyone happy and allows them to afford Lamb, quarterback Dak Prescott, and edge rusher Micah Parsons, who are all waiting on contract extensions.

How long could CeeDee’s holdout last?

Lamb already missed all of the offseason workouts, incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. With the Cowboys seemingly no closer to coming up with a negotiation as they were then, Lamb is missing practices at Cowboys training camp as well. During the opening press conference yesterday, owner Jerry Jones did not seem worried about the holdout, saying he doesn’t “get bent out of shape if someone is here or not here”. He also referenced the fact that Zack Martin did the same thing last year and it all worked out.

The cost of missing training camp for CeeDee

That’s what Lamb is counting on, but unfortunately the response that “these things just take time” that Dallas fans keep receiving from Cowboys executives is not very encouraging, as time is running out the closer the season approaches. Fortunately, Lamb seems to be getting in plenty of workouts on his own outside of training camp.

On an episode of The Athletic’s “Scoop City” podcast, reporter Dianna Russini said that Lamb’s holdout could last several weeks.

“CeeDee Lamb is going to demand the money he thinks he’s worth, so he’s holding out,” said Russini. “From having conversations, I don’t see this getting ironed out over the next few days. I think this is something we’re going to see leading into next week, maybe even the week after. This isn’t one of those situations where I’m getting vibes, signs, positive attitude from both sides. It just seems like it’s a challenge for the Dallas Cowboys to get there.”

The Cowboys play their first preseason Game on Sunday, August 11 with the first regular season Game just one month later against the Cleveland Browns at First Energy Stadium on September 8.