Cowboys: Dak Prescott explains where success with CeeDee Lamb comes from
During Sunday's win over the Los Angeles Rams, few players shined as much as Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. He finished the day with 12 catches for 158 yards and two touchdowns in one of the best wide receiver performances we've seen in a long time. Lamb is getting what he wanted when he […]
During Sunday's win over the Los Angeles Rams, few players shined as much as Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.
He finished the day with 12 catches for 158 yards and two touchdowns in one of the best wide receiver performances we've seen in a long time. Lamb is getting what he wanted when he showed his discontent following a Week 5 loss to the San Francisco 49ers: More touches. And then some more.
It's no secret he's the best playmaker on the team and the Cowboys are finally treating him as such. For quarterback Dak Prescott, though, it's no surprise Lamb is performing at this level. After all, it takes two to tango. And these two in particular focused on developing their chemistry at a higher rate than usual.
"Work, a lot of work," Prescott told reporters when asked where an 80% completion rate when targeting Lamb came from.
The Cowboys quarterback isn't just talking about the usual work put in by NFL players, who start preparing for the season in the spring during voluntary workouts. No, this time, Prescott and Lamb took their preparation to another level.
"A lot of time put into it, we talk about depositing the work and being able to withdraw it when you need to," he added. "You can go back into the offseason, from the time we started way back in April, even before then in my backyard to the time that we spent in minicamp, OTAs to trips out to Atlanta. A lot of time invested."
Their work has developed into something special that only a few duos are able to get in the NFL. Fans describe it as chemistry, but it's a description that falls short.
Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin had it, and later Tony Romo and Jason Witten. In today's league, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are perhaps the best example of that unique bond. More than chemistry, it's more like telepathy. Knowing what the other is thinking in any situation.
"A lot of trust in that guy," Prescott explained. "He runs (and) he knows what I'm thinking. We're always communicating and I think that's why when it's not going our way it's it's frustrating (…) because we put so much into it."
Prescott couldn't have said it better. Telepathy is not the correct word, as it's not a superpower we're talking about. It's rather a common understanding of the offense and its rules, as well as the way each player likes to do things to meet in the middle. This is particularly evident on scramble drills, where Prescott and Lamb have been outstanding over the last couple of games.
"Right now we're reaping the rewards off of everything that we've put into this," the Cowboys quarterback said. "And it's only going to continue to grow because all that does is give everybody, himself, the whole team, play-caller, everybody more confidence and getting him in positions and allowing us to go to work."
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