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CeeDee Lamb's Humble Response To Michael Irvin Shows Perfect Mentality Cowboys Need

Dallas Cowboys On SI·Mike Moraitis·about 1 month ago
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Upon entering the NFL, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb took on quite the responsibility. No, it wasn't just taking the mantle as the team's No. 1 receiver. He also took Michael Irvin's No. 88 at the suggestion of Jerry Jones after getting the legendary Cowboys wide receiver's blessing. Irvin made sure to give Lamb a stern warning, though. The Hall of Famer let the young wide receiver know that there was a certain expectation that came with wearing the number because of everything Irvin accomplished with the Cowboys. "If you wear 88, there's a whole lot that comes with that," Irvin said he told Lamb on The White House Pod. "Soon as you get it, you're going to raise the hope up of a whole Cowboys nation and it's a lot of pressure. If it's too much for you, we understand. You just wear the No. 2. I said, 'If you are not him, we will keep searching for the next.'" "The next day he said, 'I'm going to wear it. I'm going to do it.' Now, go deliver, and he has delivered," Irvin said of Lamb.…

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