Dallas Cowboys star CeeDee Lamb was ranked the fifth-best WR in the NFL by Bleacher Report’s scouting department.
Lamb trails only Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams, Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks, Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings and Ja’Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals on Bleacher Report’s top wide receivers list.
“CeeDee Lamb has been the life force of the Dallas Cowboys’ passing offense for a few years now,” Bleacher Report wrote. “Finally, they gave him an equal running mate in George Pickens. Lamb is a do-it-all playmaker for Dallas. Whether he’s running NBA crossover routes to fool and lose his defender or making great plays after the catch. Lamb is a great option to have as your offense’s WR1. He aligns and makes plays from various positions within the formation. Lamb battled some concentration drops last season, which needs to be cleaned up this season. Nonetheless, he’s one of the league’s premier and most versatile playmakers.”
Lamb appeared in 14 games for the Cowboys last season. He recorded 75 catches for 1,077 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns. The Oklahoma product made his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl team.
Despite Lamb’s strong statistical numbers in 2025, though, the Cowboys missed the playoffs for the second straight season.
The 2026 season will be Lamb’s seventh in the NFL. His personal goals for the year are very simple.
“I want to win,” Lamb said, via Cowboys.com. “I want to win, I want to win, I want to stay healthy, and I want to dominate the year. Whatever that looks like, whatever the numbers look like, that’s cool. But as for me, I want to dominate, that’s what I want to do. That’s my contract to myself.”
The Cowboys were second in yards per game and seventh in points in 2025. Lamb, Pickens and Dak Prescott are an elite “Big 3” on paper and it will be up to the three Pro Bowlers to once again lead Dallas to wins in 2026.
Lamb and Prescott are entering Year 7 together. Their chemistry continues to get better and better and there is no QB Lamb would rather catch passes from than Prescott.
“That’ll never get old, ever,” Lamb said of catching passes deep downfield from Prescott. “I’m excited that we’re able to do that more times than not and able to connect early on in camp. I feel like that was a lot of things we were missing in our time together, and I feel like we’re hitting on all cylinders now. … For Dak, I want to run a route that’s helpful to him, clear to him. If he knows what I’m running, I’m not worried about nothing else. As long as I’m in my spot when I need to be, I get the ball in my hands, I’ll handle the rest.”
Lamb enters the 2026 season with 571 receptions for 7,416 receiving yards and 41 receiving touchdowns in the regular season and 24 receptions for 316 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown in the playoffs.
The Cowboys face the New York Giants to begin the 2026 season. It will be fascinating to see how many games Dallas wins in Year 2 of the Brian Schottenheimer era.
