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CeeDee Lamb
You could possibly say Michael Irvin approves of CeeDee Lamb as No. 88, the Dallas Cowboys quantity he popularized. And, should you did, you’d be monstrously understating the case.
To be clear, the flamboyant Corridor-of-Famer believes the first-round rookie has the upside of those that donned the digits earlier than him: Irvin, Drew Pearson, and Dez Bryant — mixed.
“I really like this child. I ain’t speaking about I like this child, I really like this child,” Irvin mentioned of Lamb on ESPN’s First Tackle Friday, through The Athletic. “I normally name all of the younger huge receivers; earlier than I may do this, CeeDee known as me. We’ve had a number of conversations. I really like the child. He’s going to be precisely what Dallas wants … Amari Cooper is a No. 1 (huge receiver). CeeDee Lamb is most undoubtedly a No. 1. This dude is a mixture of all three of these 88s. He can play exterior and he could make these Hail Mary sort performs like Drew Pearson. He can go up within the air and get the ball like Dez Bryant. And he’s a route-tree professional like Michael Irvin. This child has manufacturing within the slot and out huge. He’s going to be the No. 1 proper there with Amari Cooper. (The Cowboys) are enjoying with two No. 1 receivers as a result of 88 is just a No. 1.”
How’s that for a rubber-stamp approval?
It’s been this type of week for Lamb, the 17th general draft choice who’s drawn NFL comparisons starting from Chad Johnson to DeAndre Hopkins to Jerry Rice. Throw within the aforementioned Cowboys legends.
It’s been an fascinating week, to say the least. Lamb wished to put on No. 10 earlier than Dallas proprietor/GM Jerry Jones personally (and really publicly) interjected. At Jones’ behest, the stud Oklahoma product assumed 88 in honor of his boss’s late buddy and former faculty teammate, Jerry Lamb (no relation).
He’ll take the trade-off. As a result of not solely was Lamb lucky sufficient to land in a Cowboys offense buoyed by Cooper, Michael Gallup, Ezekiel Elliott, and Dak Prescott, he was blessed to inherit a pair of All-World mentors in Irvin and Bryant.
“I can’t really feel no method however be supportive of lamb and the remainder of these younger stars that’s getting into the league.. I consider it’s my job to assist them succeed as a lot on and off the sphere,” Bryant tweeted Thursday.
If Lamb is even half pretty much as good as GOATs like Irvin and Rice, the Cowboys will likely be doing cartwheels. Greater than they're now.
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