Veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks is standing out in his featured role in Dallas Cowboys training camb in the absence of star widout CeeDee Lamb.
With star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb holding out for a new contract, opportunities have been available for the team's other wideouts to step up and shocase their talents.
Cooks was already seeing an increased workload after stepping into the WR2 role following Michael Gallup's offseason departure, but he's elevating his game even more as the team's top receiver early in camp. While most of the attention was on the younger pass catchers battling for the WR3 job, Cooks has been shining and standing out during practice."I feel like Brandin Cooks could rightfully walk onto the field at this point in camp with a boombox over his shoulder and blasting 'Forgot about D.R.E.,'" Patrik Walker of the
"So much praise is being rightfully heaped upon the younger corps of receivers in the absence of CeeDee Lamb, and then there are headlines that stem from … wait for it … the absence of CeeDee Lamb, but Cooks looks outstanding on a daily basis."He added, "On Saturday, he was taking whomever lined up against him to school and made several of the biggest plays of the day — looking extremely comfortable in his second year of McCarthy's offense.
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