I'm pulling this from Page 2 and y'all are on Page 8 so I'm sure this has been hotly debated until now (lol) but the way I see this, Jerry is meddling. An 88 Lamb is special to Jerry, not Cee Dee. And your top boss "asking for a favor" is not some independent, neutral decision a newbie gets to make, it's influence. So to me, the Dez thing and the legacy number thing is secondary to this crap by Jerry.
Personally, I wanted Lamb to wear 11 (1+1 = 2) but it should be his decision regardless and not be leaned on to do a favor. Then again, if Lamb balls out, Jerry will pay him handily, and with that favor on the books, I can see Cee Dee (or more likely his agent) taking a long-game approach here too to get after the numbers that REALLY matter.