Blogging The Boys Jun 27, 2022
The Cowboys have the least invested at WR in terms of draft capital and salary of all NFC East teams
Photo by Mitchell Leff/ The Cowboys are no longer so heavily invested in the wide receiver position. Over the past two seasons, the Dallas Cowboys have had an embarrassment of riches at the wide receiver position. From the moment CeeDee Lamb fell into their lap in the 2020 NFL Draft, the position group became stacked as he joined Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup, both of who were coming off of a 1,100+ season. It shouldn’t be all that surprising that since the trio joined forces, Dak Prescott has averaged over 300 yards passing per game. The Cowboys traded away Amari...
Blogging The Boys Jun 27, 2022
Cowboys news: CeeDee Lamb lists several surprising names among the players he models his game after
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports And other notable headlines surrounding America’s team. CeeDee Lamb names five current and former WRs he’s modeled his game after- Lauren Barash, The Landry Hat Not a bad group of players to learn from. In an interview on the “Open Mike” podcast with Mike Silver, Lamb was asked what past or present players he looks up to. It didn’t take him long to come up with a list of stellar receivers from the game. The first he emphatically mentioned was Davante Adams. Adams just earned himself a five-year, $141.25 million contract with...
Blogging The Boys Jun 23, 2022
Cowboys news: CeeDee Lamb talks being the Cowboys new WR1
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports The latest news and notes surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. CeeDee Lamb: Becoming the No. 1 receiver has raised the standard - Charean Williams, Pro Football Talk The Cowboys new number one WR is ready for the job. He talks about learning Amari Cooper had been traded. “I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy,’” Lamb said on Mike Silver’s podcast, Open Mike. “And then my phone started blowing up literally minutes after. It’s been a crazy story ever since.” In his second season, Lamb became the Cowboys’ leading receiver. That’s a...
Turf Show Times Jun 22, 2022
CeeDee Lamb is a Cooper Kupp fan
Photo by Harry How/ What Lamb needs to do if he wants to play more like Kupp in the future Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb made the Pro Bowl in 2021, only his second season in the NFL, but he hasn’t quite drawn the same national media attention as many of his peers at the same position. Despite catching 79 passes for 1,102 yards as a 22-year-old wideout last year, Lamb still needs to take that next step before becoming the dominant number one that many expected him to become after being a first round pick two years ago out of Oklahoma. While Lamb could easily get...
Blogging The Boys Jun 20, 2022
NFL Network’s bold predictions for the Cowboys: Mike McCarthy will get fired before Thanksgiving
Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Do you agree with these hot takes from NFL Network? Fingers are crossed as we gear up for another exciting Dallas Cowboys season! With a new slate comes an opportunity to make new predictions on what might happen in 2022. That’s exactly what NFL Network’s Adam Rank decided to do when he offered up four bold predictions for the Cowboys' 2022 season and grouped them by the spiciness of each take. Let’s take a look at each of his predictions and determine if we can tolerate the heat. Mild, but flavorful: CeeDee Lamb won’t be as...
Blogging The Boys Jun 19, 2022
More mobility for Dak Prescott could mean even higher volume for WR CeeDee Lamb
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports The pieces of the Cowboys offense are interlocked. It will be a long wait until the Dallas Cowboys are back to making any real news on the field, but they left a shortened minicamp with some enticing changes on offense. The Cowboys are teasing fans with a promised increased role for Tony Pollard as well as more plays that take advantage of Dak Prescott’s mobility. Prescott throwing from outside the pocket and picking up timely first downs on the ground have been a strength of his game since he broke out in 2016 as a rookie, but he was...
Blogging The Boys Jun 7, 2022
Cowboys news: Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs wins a state award
Photo by Rey Del Rio/ Dallas Cowboys news, delivered. Cowboys Star Trevon Diggs Wins ‘Alabama Pro Athlete of the Year’ - Mike Fisher, CowboysSI.com Trevon Diggs originally played wide receiver at Alabama, but found his home as a now All-Pro cornerback. Diggs helped lead a Dallas Cowboys defensive turnaround and also led the NFL with 11 interceptions. He made the Pro Bowl … and now he’s been named the state of Alabama’s 2021 Pro Athlete of the Year. Said 2020 NFL Draft classmate Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb of Diggs: “We always knew Tre was a dog. Me...
Blogging The Boys Jun 2, 2022
Cowboys news: Predicting the stats of Cowboys players in 2022
Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/ The latest news and notes surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Predicting 2022 Stats for Cowboys’ Stars - Nick Coppola, Inside The Star Interesting season projections for some of Dallas’ top offensive weapons. Will Dak Prescott have another stellar regular season? Will Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard truly split reps? Will CeeDee Lamb finally break out? There are so many questions heading into the 2022 season, especially since this one will again ride on playoff success. Dak Prescott Prescott will enter his seventh season...
Blogging The Boys Jun 1, 2022
What Mike McCarthy’s offensive history with the Packers suggests about the Cowboys 2022 season
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Dallas might be asking too much from CeeDee Lamb this season. Dallas Cowboys fans are looking for reasons to be optimistic about the team’s offseason since the playoff loss to the 49ers, hoping that Wild Card loss wasn’t the peak for this current iteration of the team. One of the first moves for the Cowboys in reshaping this roster was the trade of Amari Cooper, which elevated CeeDee Lamb to the alpha receiver role. The Cowboys made a familiar move by re-signing a receiver they got at better value in Michael Gallup, though he won’t be...
