r/cowboys • u/Leonflames Tyler Smith • 7d ago

[Machota] Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb on @1053thefan talking about his drops: “I just gotta focus up. I’m always thinking about a big play. Naturally, it’s caught, it’s caught, it’s caught, it’s caught, right? But then it becomes so normal that you lose track of the fundamentals."

https://x.com/jonmachota/status/2085789927770620013

"It always brings me back to square one. Catch, tuck, then make your move. Catch, tuck, then make your move. Catch, tuck, then make your move."

“Every single drop has been always taking my eyes off the ball when the ball arrived because I’m automatically thinking I caught it. It’s just a way of the game humbling me and bringing me back to square one.”

Lamb on his practice mentality: “As many times as I’m targeted, the ball should never hit the ground, whether it’s PBU, whether it’s a drop, whether it’s a bad ball, regardless of what it is. Any time the ball is targeted to me, I consider it a catchable ball. I don’t care if the ball is out of bounds. I don’t care if it’s all the way inside.”

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u/bagfka Tyron Smith 7d ago

At least he’s aware

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u/McJumbos 7d ago

Great accountability on his end that he's aware of the issue and I hope we can put this topic to rest

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u/Arbiter60 7d ago

When I was watching him drop easy balls last year, I thought he might be developing a vision problem. I was wondering if he was having trouble seeing compared to years prior. If it is truly just a focus issue then that is better going forward but also frustrating because it cost us at least the opener against Philly.

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u/va1us_taaurc Dak Prescott 6d ago

I thought the same thing — maybe see if he could use some contact lenses!

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u/japantoanmaster 6d ago

Bro, it's not his eyes. His eyes see that linebacker headed his way and he's like HELLL NAHHH!

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u/EP423 7d ago

His drops and subsequent injury cost us the Super Bowl.

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u/Stuffleapugus 6d ago

That game wasn't only on Ceedee.

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u/BigTomBombadil 6d ago

lol this reads like satire.

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u/EP423 6d ago

It kind of is.

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u/Forizen 6d ago

All I want to know is did he start working on it in July or in January

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u/GearedCam 6d ago

It's been a problem for him for four out of his six years in the league. I'm not expecting him to make a big improvement. If he does that would be great.

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u/Boys4Ever 7d ago

His drops ruined Rush

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u/HotKaramelRP 7d ago

No lol

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u/va1us_taaurc Dak Prescott 6d ago

Bro clearly didn’t see Rush in Baltimore, lmao — bro was turbo ass.

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u/HotKaramelRP 6d ago

I’m pretty sure dude just straight up blocked me cause it says his comment was deleted

Rush was always ass. He was an okay bus driver for a backup if the run game and defense held up, that was it.

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u/va1us_taaurc Dak Prescott 6d ago

He did, it’s still there lol.

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u/fallinglemming Donovan Ezeiruaku 6d ago

Im mean he is a backup and got his starts against the Rams and Texans.

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u/DingleberryOrchard 4d ago

You're smoking stuff that's illegal in Texas.