Jerry didnt want them. It was always going to be someone he knows who will accept his stipulations and meddling and low-balling.
Jerry always plays us, or thinks he is playing us. This is the same strategy he used last summer with the players.
He could have signed Lamb and Dak at any time and created enough cap space to sign a RB, WR, and defensive depth, but he doesn't want to spend his money in free agency, so he drug his feet, didn't even meet with those guys even when he knew he was going to give them both the big dollars. So he tried to make it look like those salaries kept him from being active in free agency. Now he's done the same thing with coaching interviews....drag you feet, screw over McCarthy and the team while also missing the video interviews that were allowed the week he was waiting around.
He is so frustrating.