Cowboys' Lamb sorry: 'I failed myself' and workforce

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys is likely to be on a brief week heading into Thursday night time’s sport in opposition to the New York Giants, however there was rather a lot to unpack over the previous few days with back-to-back defeats.

All-Professional large receiver CeeDee Lamb didn’t discuss to reporters after Sunday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens, a sport by which he misplaced a fumble and dropped a move and had what appeared 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 loss and acknowledging his physique language and angle did not “assist the scenario or the end result of the sport.”

“Simply being knowledgeable about this complete scenario. Understanding it is a lengthy sport,” mentioned Lamb, who had 4 catches for 67 yards within the loss. “However as for me and my efficiency, I count on rather a lot out of myself, greater than anybody might placed on me. And, fairly actually, I failed myself. And clearly, I failed the workforce simply so far as producing and being that game-breaker participant for the workforce and clearly the man that they will lean on.

“And, yeah, I form of let the sport get to my head a bit bit. However in the identical sense, I do know what I can do. I do know what I deliver to the desk and I do know what I can do on that area. So, with that being mentioned, going ahead, there shall be a distinction.”

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 their relationship is nearly as good as ever. Prescott, nonetheless, didn’t communicate 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 bought, and I tip my hat off to him. I bought the utmost respect for him, and I have a look at him as a brother. So with that being mentioned, every little thing is gonna come out: the vitality, the eagerness, the love, the battle. You going to make up ultimately.”

Towards the San Francisco 49ers final 12 months, Lamb stored to himself principally 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 workforce data within the closing 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 up to now two video games.

Requested if the protection has obtained the message of taking part in essentially sound, All-Professional edge participant Micah Parsons mentioned, “I imply, everybody says it, however then once more we have 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 individuals 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 would relatively get knocked within the head now, as a result of once you fail, what do you do?” Parsons mentioned. “You bought to get again up, and I feel that is going to create an awesome locker room atmosphere, nice workforce atmosphere, proper?

“[If] we fail, we fail. OK. We all know what that seems like. You possibly can solely rise up. We solely up from right here, proper? So once I mentioned we’re low, what do you go from once you’re on the backside? You climb, however you bought to be keen to climb.”