FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys are on a brief week heading into Thursday evening’s recreation on the New York Giants, however there was loads to unpack over the previous few days with back-to-back defeats.
All-Professional huge receiver CeeDee Lamb didn’t speak to reporters after Sunday’s residence loss to the Baltimore Ravens, a recreation wherein he misplaced a fumble and dropped a move and had what seemed to be a sideline spat with quarterback Dak Prescott.
On Tuesday, he was apologetic for his efficiency and the way he dealt with himself on the sideline, saying he performed “a giant half” in Sunday’s defeat. He additionally acknowledged his physique language and angle did not “assist the scenario or the result of the sport.”
“Simply being knowledgeable about this complete scenario. Understanding it is a lengthy recreation,” mentioned Lamb, who had 4 catches for 67 yards in opposition to the Ravens. “However as for me and my efficiency, I anticipate loads out of myself, greater than anybody may placed on me. And, fairly actually, I failed myself. And clearly, I failed the staff simply so far as producing and being that game-breaker participant for the staff and, clearly, the man that they will lean on.
“And, yeah, I sort of let the sport get to my head slightly bit. However in the identical sense, I do know what I can do. I do know what I convey to the desk, and I do know what I can do on that subject. So, with that being mentioned, going ahead, there shall be a distinction.”
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Lamb didn’t put Sunday’s effort on lacking coaching camp with a contract holdout.
“Ain’t no excuse for that,” he mentioned. “I performed soccer my complete life. I do know higher.”
As for Prescott, he mentioned his relationship with Lamb is pretty much as good as ever. Prescott, nevertheless, didn’t converse to the media Tuesday, which could have been a primary in his time because the starter.
“Our relationship, if something, [has] gotten stronger,” Lamb mentioned. “Do not let what’s on the market idiot you. We’re brothers to the tip. We all know that all of us we obtained, and I tip my hat off to him. I obtained the utmost respect for him, and I take a look at him as a brother. So, with that being mentioned, every thing goes to come back out: the power, the fervour, the love, the combat. You going to make up in the long run.”
Towards the San Francisco 49ers final yr, Lamb principally stored to himself throughout a 42-10 loss. After that, he had seven 100-yard receiving video games and 6 video games with no less than 11 catches en path to setting staff data within the remaining 11 video games.
“I plan on doing it once more,” Lamb mentioned.
Defensively, the Cowboys plan to not permit the Giants to run throughout them, just like the New Orleans Saints (190 yards) and Ravens (274 yards) did prior to now two contests.
Requested if the protection has acquired the message of enjoying essentially sound, All-Professional edge participant Micah Parsons mentioned, “I imply, everybody says it, however then once more, we have got to see what occurs.”
“I really feel like as a competitor, sooner or later you bought to be prideful sufficient to say, ‘Hey, like I am not going to permit this to occur to me,'” Parsons mentioned. “Like I simply really feel like some persons are simply permitting them to maintain getting smacked within the face. When are you going to face up?”
At 1-2, the Cowboys already appear to be at a key juncture of their season.
“I might somewhat get knocked within the head now, as a result of if you fail, what do you do?” Parsons mentioned. “You bought to get again up, and I feel that is going to create an excellent locker room surroundings, nice staff surroundings, proper?
“[If] we fail, we fail. OK. We all know what that appears like. You’ll be able to solely rise up. We solely up from right here, proper? So, once I mentioned we’re low, what do you go from if you’re on the backside? You climb, however you bought to be keen to climb.”
