Cowboys owner Jerry Jones issues demand for CeeDee Lamb

There wasn't much that went right for the Dallas Cowboys this past Sunday night against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at AT&T Stadium. Not only did the Dallas offense fail to score a single touchdown during the 19-3 Week 1 setback, but quarterback Dak Prescott was injured after hitting his hand on the helmet of Shaq Barrett while following through on a pass to Ezekiel Elliott.

With the likes of Michael Gallup and James Washington also out of the lineup due to injury, the Cowboys were relying on receiver CeeDee Lamb to shoulder some of the offensive load in their absence. But Sunday night, Lamb managed to rack up only a mere 29 yards while hauling in only two catches on his 11 targets. Not exactly the kind of numbers they were expecting. 

Lamb has already earned a public call out from Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, and now team owner and general manager Jerry Jones is getting in on the fun. 

“People are covering your best receiver. That happens. What do you do? You’ve got to play through being covered. You’ve got to catch balls covered,” Jones said, via Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News. “You can’t, just because they doubled you up, not make some plays.”

“My point is every team in the league is faced with the same thing. They’re going to have their best receiver double covered. What the best receiver should do is play through that coverage,” Jones said.

Jones clearly has no time for excuses, and he'll be looking for more production from Lamb as the Cowboys host the Bengals in Week 2 this Sunday.