Dallas Cowboys

After dropping a potential TD pass early, Lamb redeemed himself with a spectacular fourth-quarter score -- but that wasn't his favorite play.

[Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/nfl/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-buccaneers), Lamb caught two of the 11 passes thrown his way for 29 yards. Everything’s not going to go my way [but] when it does, it’s going to go big.” I was happy for him coming back and responding the right way.” I wasn’t going to give him the benefit of the doubt of just pushing me out. “There’s going to be ebbs and flows,” Lamb said of his evolution into a No. On the go-ahead drive, Lamb caught four passes for 48 yards. He caught six of his eight passes for 67 of his 87 yards, including a one-handed touchdown catch with 8:30 remaining in the corner of the end zone that had another No. Offensive coordinator Kellen Moore had Rush look Lamb’s way with a quick route in the slot. Obviously, he understood that was a play he missed, and it’s my job and everybody’s job to say, ‘Hey, you’ll get it back. And sure enough, he came back play after play like nothing ever happened and made the biggest catch when he needed to -- one-handed and kept two feet in too.” In the second half, Lamb gained redemption. “I’m building on it.”

CeeDee Lamb was recently granted an opportunity to sit down with the previous bearers of the Dallas Cowboys' most famous numerals.

"Two guys in the Hall of Fame. "It's literally become a part of me," Lamb said of his jersey, while acknowledging the pressures with it. "Second of all, I didn't want it to seem like it was a competition." 12 of Roger Staubach, who threw to Irvin and Pearson, respectively. His ability to come up big for the team, make big plays, his playoff runs, it's phenomenal." Going into Monday, he'd put up 2,141 yards on 162 receptions over his first two-plus seasons and served as the Cowboys' leading receiver en route to the NFC East title. CeeDee is a hell of a player and he's only going to get better." Lamb reminded that he originally had no interest in carrying on the legacy at first. 2 already taken by then-kicker Greg Zuerlein, Lamb instead wanted the non-descript 10, whose most famous previous Dallas bearer was likely Ron Widby, the team's punter from its first taste of glory in the late 1960s. [CeeDee Lamb said late Monday after helping Dallas to a 23-16 win at New York](https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-ceedee-lamb-new-york-giants-drop-touchdown-cooper-rush). produced some of the spiciest moments in team history. "He's a superstar.