FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who led the NFL with 135 catches in 2023, being absent from organized team activities (OTAs) provides the club with a fantastic opportunity to evaluate its wide receiver position, especially important in an offseason in which it released former No. 3 wideout Michael Gallup.
“Oh it’s big,” head coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday. “I think anytime you have an opportunity as a young receiver to get reps, it’s huge opportunity, especially with the first group. So I mean just you can see both (Jalen Tolbert) and J Brooks [Jalen Brooks]. So those two guys had a really nice practice yesterday. I think just anytime you get those extra reps, it’s great for young guys. It’s good for our quarterbacks too.”
Quarterback Dak Prescott, a 2023 second-team All-Pro who led the NFL in passing touchdowns with 36 a year ago, concurs with his head coach and play-caller.
“At the end of the day, we’re going to have to count on one of these guys who’s getting some of the reps that CeeDee would,” Prescott said Wednesday. “I think that’s the important part for these guys to understand that these are real reps. … The fact that these young guys can get in here, they can hear everything, they can communicate, they can understand what I want on routes will be big. We’re going to need some of those guys.”
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-05-24 23:53:24
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