{"id":299227,"date":"2023-11-13T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299227"},"modified":"2023-11-13T12:54:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:54:05","slug":"cowboys-ceedee-lamb-im-the-top-receiver-in-this-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/cowboys-ceedee-lamb-im-the-top-receiver-in-this-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb: 'I'm the top receiver in this game'"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb continued his torrid stretch, destroying the New York Giants for 151 yards and a touchdown on 11 catches and adding a 14-yard rushing score in Dallas’ 49-17 victory.<\/p>\n
Lamb won at every level, over the middle, on the outside, running away from defensive backs and making ridiculous one-handed stabs.<\/p>\n
“I’m the top receiver in this game,” Lamb said via the team’s website. “There’s no question about it. If there is, I’ll see you again next week.”<\/p>\n
Sunday’s performance marked Lamb’s third straight game with 10-plus catches and 150-plus receiving yards. He’s the only player to have three such consecutive games since at least 1970, per NFL Research.<\/p>\n
Lamb has generated seven games in his career with 10-plus catches and 100-plus yards (all have come in the last two seasons). The seven are the most such games since 2022, tied with Justin Jefferson.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys wideout leads the NFL with 617 receiving yards since Week 6 (four straight games with 100-plus receiving yards), despite Dallas having a bye during that span.<\/p>\n
“They’re definitely trying to double me, but [head coach Mike McCarthy] is doing a great job of moving me around and putting me in motion, lining me up on the outside,” Lamb said. “I guess you can’t get a beat. It’s Mike versus the DC at this point.”<\/p>\n
Lamb’s 617 receiving yards since Week 6 are the most by a Cowboys player in a four-game run since at least 1970 (second-most: Hall of Famer Terrell Owens: 575 yards from Weeks 7-11, 2007).<\/p>\n
The fourth-year pro joined Michael Irvin as the only Cowboys players with 900-plus receiving yards over the first nine games of a season (Lamb: 68 catches, 975 yards in 2023). Irvin did so in 1995, finishing with 111 catches, 1,603 yards and 10 TD catches.<\/p>\n
Lamb has been unguardable, but perhaps more critical to the Cowboys’ prospects in 2023: Sunday, Brandin Cooks busted out for 173 yards and a TD on nine catches, and Michael Gallup added 70 yards and a score on two grabs. If all three wideouts are clicking and Dak Prescott is dealing like he was in Week 10, the Cowboys offense owns scary upside.<\/p>\n
The key will be doing it against a club not destined to pick in the top 10 of the NFL Draft in April.<\/p>\n