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Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson is the highest-paid wide receiver at $35 million per season. The Cowboys have made an offer to make Lamb the second-highest-paid, sources told ESPN, but it has not closed the gap.

Jones said his level of concern has not risen the more time Lamb has missed.

“I don’t mean that to be insensitive to our fans or to CeeDee, but we’re in good shape there and we are having promising talks,” Jones said. “You say, ‘Well, why do you keep talking? Why don’t you do something?’ Again, as in anything, it takes both of you there at the same time.

“But I believe it’s got the proper amount of everything — emphasis, importance — for everybody involved here and we’ll see how it goes.”

Jones said talks continue with quarterback Dak Prescott as well.

“One of the things that I’d like for the fans to really understand is that nine times out of 10, these are existing [contracts] that you have in place,” Jones said. “And you should be able to operate under those but we’ve gotten it now in the NFL, other teams are dealing with it too, where with time left on the contract you still might have a contract discussion.

“That’s what we’re doing. But none of us, players or teams, want it to hurt the preparation or the likelihood of playing at your best opening day.”