Stephen Jones knew his vantage point weeks ago in training camp.
The Cowboys executive vice president quoted his father, team owner Jerry Jones, in what he called “an old Jerryism.”
“Santa Claus doesn’t put the bicycle under the Christmas tree every year,” Jones told Yahoo Sports in an Aug. 13 interview. “You gotta come to grips that you gotta pay for it.”
Monday, the Cowboys “came to grips,” in Jones’ words, with paying their 2020 first-round draft pick a handsome contract.
The Cowboys and CeeDee Lamb agreed to a four-year extension worth $136 million with $100 million guaranteed, multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiation confirmed to Yahoo Sports.