CeeDee Lamb is a proud member of the Cowboys‘ vaunted No. 88 club, a group that also includes former Dallas wideouts Drew Pearson, Michael Irvin and Dez Bryant. Like Pearson and Irvin before him, Lamb is hoping to start and finish his career with the Cowboys, who have a mutual interest in keeping him in Dallas for the long haul.
Lamb is currently signed through the 2023 season after Dallas recently picked up his fifth-year option. Based on his recent comments, however, it appears that Lamb anticipates something happening between the two sides that will keep him in Dallas for the long haul.
“I’m very excited,” Lamb said, via The Athletic. “Dallas is somewhere I’ve always wanted to be. I don’t see myself really wearing any other jersey. I don’t really want to get into too much detail on that, but I’m definitely excited for the future.”
Lamb would make just under $18 million this season if he plays under the fifth-year option. His current projected market value is a four-year, $90.38 million salary that would pay him an average annual salary of $22.595 million, according to Spotrac. That contract would make Lamb the league’s 10th highest-paid wideout in terms of average annual salary, just ahead of Chicago’s D.J. Moore and right behind Washington’s Terry McLaurin. Miami’s Tyreek Hill is the NFL’s highest-paid receiver with an average annual salary of $30 million.
As far as performance is concerned, Lamb deserves to be among the league’s wideouts who commands a $20 million average annual salary. The former first-round pick is coming off a 2022 season that saw him set career…
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