Star receiver CeeDee Lamb has been with the Cowboys for six seasons. He has been a Pro Bowler in four of those seasons, and has tallied 1,100 or more yards in four straight years in Dallas. That includes his jaw-dropping 2023, in which he set a Cowboys record with 1,749 yards on 135 catches. Team owner and general manager Jerry Jones keeps all of that in mind as context when Lamb puts up the kind of game he had on Sunday against the Eagles.
Lamb had four catches for 75 yards on the day, but was targeted 11 times and was frustrated by his own inability to haul in some of those passes. Lamb was dinged with two official drops according to Pro Football Focus, but probably could have been hit with two more, at least.
Lamb’s struggles–he had a drop against the Raiders on Monday in Week 11, too–have been made to look all the worse lately because of the star turn taken lately by fellow receiver George Pickens, who had nine catches on Sunday for the second straight week, for 146 yards. But the Cowboys continue to stand firmly behind Lamb.
Cowboys Are ‘Fine With’ CeeDee Lamb After Week 12
Speaking on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said his faith in his star receiver has not wavered.
“I am fine with him in any aspect,” Jones said. “CeeDee Lamb has proven, was proven when he got here with his great career at Oklahoma, and was proven with what he has done since he has been here. Certainly, he is the first one to be frustrated with those drops we are alluding to.
“But if there has ever been a player that you can look at the whole package, and you can go past those drops real easy when you look at what he’s done and you look what he is.”
CeeDee Lamb Picked Up Second-Half Effort
Lamb, despite his struggles and the obvious frustration he showed on the Cowboys bench, did still manage to contribute to a remarkable win that saw the team erase a 21-0 deficit. In the third quarter, on a second-and-6 from the Eagles’ 14, Lamb drew a pass interference call on the defense, moving the team to the 4-yard line and setting up a touchdown.
That stuck out with Jones.
“I don’t know if you noticed it but I saw him really competing there as we were in that second half on Sunday. You could see his motor go up,” Jones said.
“He can catch a football, make no mistake about it, so we’re not gonna worry about that.”
Cowboys Still Clinging to Playoff Hopes
At 5-5-1, with the playoffs still a glimmering–if flickering–hope for the Cowboys, there remains plenty to be worried about for the final six games, starting with a Thanksgiving matchup against a Chiefs team that is just as desperate for a win as the Cowboys, a team that secured a win over the Colts on Sunday after having trailed, 20-9, in the fourth quarter.
The Cowboys, Jones says, have more to worry about than Lamb.
“I just think he has had those drops, everybody has had them. These are certainly in the spotlight,” Jones said. “But above all the rationale you could use, worrying about him, as we look ahead, worrying about him and his hands, possessing the ball, those kinds of things, I think I would not spend a lot of time worrying about that. He can do it.”
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