CeeDee Lamb is already well-known as one of the best receivers in football.
If he reaches his ceiling in 2025, the Dallas Cowboys’ superstar WR will be on a path to being one of the best ever.
NFL.com’s Jeffri Chadiha made a bold prediction in a new article: Lamb will break the NFL’s single-season receptions record.
The record is 149 catches, set by Michael Thomas for the Saints in 2019.
Lamb’s career-high was 135 in 2023.
Here’s Chadiha’s full logic:
“The Cowboys wide receiver will have an easier life with the return of quarterback Dak Prescott from injury and the arrival of wide receiver George Pickens via trade. Lamb already was one of the best receivers in the game, but those two factors will make him one of the most historic. Think about it. Lamb produced 135 receptions in 2023 with a healthy Prescott, which was 14 catches shy of the league mark of 149 established by former Saints receiver Michael Thomas in 2019. Lamb also generated 101 catches last season, when Prescott only played in eight games because of a season-ending hamstring injury. You pair Lamb with a receiver as dangerous as Pickens, and it’s likely that opposing defenses will be frustrated on weekly basis. Lamb has put together three straight 100-catch seasons despite being the focus of defenses tasked with stopping Dallas’ passing attack every year. With all the freedom coming his way this fall, CeeDee’s going to go off.”
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The Pickens acquisition is the definite wild card here that could either push Lamb over the top or potentially reduce his chances.
On the one hand, defenses won’t be able to put quite as much attention on Lamb.
On the other hand, Prescott may simply throw to the other side of the field more often because Pickens is a star in his own way.
Working in Lamb’s favor, probably, is the Cowboys’ lack of a running game. Dallas can simply throw to Lamb on short routes like an extension of run plays, but instead these will count as catches for Lamb.
He’ll have to stay healthy and have a lot of things go right, but this history doesn’t seem to be totally out of reach.
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