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FRISCO, Texas — Just days away from the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 1 matchup at the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb sounded like Spongebob Squarepants on his way to work at the Krusty Krab.
“Yeah, I’m ready,” Lamb said Thursday.
Lamb held out of the Cowboys’ entire offseason program as a negotiating tactic that led to him signing a four-year, $136 million contract extension. As a result, the 25-year-old 2023 first-team All-Pro is still getting his body reacquainted with the rhythms of contact football after training on his own in the spring and the summer. Dallas’ first padded practice of the 2024 regular season on Thursday served a key checkpoint for Lamb’s re-acclimation to football.
“Today was definitely one of those days,” Lamb said. “Again, shout out the guys and coaches for really guiding me throughout this whole week. Obviously, I knew that mentally, I was ready. Physically, it’s a little different of a story, but today got me ready and yeah, I’m on that. Full contact, full-padded practice. Obviously we game planning and installing different things. So, got to compete against the ones. That was fun.”
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Head coach Mike McCarthy was already impressed with Lamb’s ramp-up progress at the beginning of this week after only a few days back in the team facility, indicating he’ll be ready by the time Sunday rolls around.
“Where he needs to be, I’m impressed where he is,” McCarthy said Monday. “I wasn’t expecting him not to be. CeeDee has always been on top of his game as far as conditioning. You can tell where his commitment was this offseason. He’s…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-06 15:59:21
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