{"id":42300,"date":"2025-03-18T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=42300"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:58:18","slug":"cowboys-predicted-to-acquire-1183-yard-weapon-to-pair-with-ceedee-lamb-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=42300","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys predicted to acquire 1,183-yard weapon to pair with CeeDee Lamb | Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>CeeDee Lamb is phenomenal, but the Dallas Cowboys need more than just one reliable option in the passing game.<\/p>\n<p>We saw in 2024 that if Lamb isn&#8217;t putting up 1,500-plus yards, this Cowboys offense is below average. And Dallas shouldn&#8217;t be counting on Jalen Tolbert or Jake Ferguson to suddenly step up and fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as free agency has mostly passed the Cowboys over, and especially in light of the $34 million per year Lamb got with his last contract, it seems wise to count on the Cowboys going after receiving help in the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>But could Dallas wait until the second round and still secure a viable number-two option behind Lamb? One NFL writer thinks so.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0Mark Heaney of Inside the Star projected that the Cowboys would pass on receivers in the first round and draft Iowa State&#8217;s Jayden Higgins with their second-round pick, number 44 overall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you\u2019ve been paying attention to the Cowboys free agency class, you\u2019ve surely noticed the lack of wide receiver help.\u00a0Aside from Parris Campbell, who may not even make the 53-man roster, Dallas has not patched up one of their biggest weaknesses,&#8221; Heaney wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This means they are likely to fill the need in the draft, and Iowa State\u2019s Jayden Higgins is the perfect second-round option&#8230;\u00a0At 6\u20194\u2033 with a 39\u2033 vertical, Higgins projects as a big red-zone target for the Cowboys offense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Higgins, 22, just put up one of the greatest wide receiver seasons in his school&#8217;s history, totaling 87 catches for 1,183 yards and nine touchdowns in 13 games. He was a third-team All-American and second-team All-Big 12 performer.<\/p>\n<p>In an offense where he wouldn&#8217;t draw many double teams, Higgins could be a major contributor right off the bat. If the Cowboys are able to wait on him until pick 44, they have to consider it a win.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>More NFL:\u00a0Philadelphia radio host floats shocking trade to send Cowboys superstar to Eagles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will the Dallas Cowboys do to upgrade their receiver room in 2025?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":42302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cowboys predicted to acquire 1,183-yard weapon to pair with CeeDee Lamb | Sporting News - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=42300\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowboys predicted to acquire 1,183-yard weapon to pair with CeeDee Lamb | Sporting News - 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