The Dallas Cowboys season has been one to forget...and we are only nine games in.
But such has been the level of performance that the Cowboys, even before Dak Prescott's season-ending hamstring injury, were struggling to keep their heads about water.
Dak's injury just rubbed salt into the wound and put the final nail in the 2024 season.
With the Cowboys fighting a losing battle to keep their playoff hopes alive, the news that Prescott was going to be out for the year hit like a sledgehammer.
But despite the offensive failures this year, coupled with the growing injury list, receiver CeeDee Lamb has revealed he never saw this level of poor play coming.
"I never saw this coming," Lamb said. "Part of the battle, 50 percent of the battle is staying available and staying here with the guys so you're going to lose guys throughout the season. Unfortunately, we lost our quarterback, which is terrible and deflating. But for us, we understand it's just kind of again instill in the mindset that we still have seven, eight more games, and so we got to go out there put our best foot forward."
"Terrible" and "deflating " describe Dak's injury and the Cowboys' season as a whole (near) perfectly.
Lamb's mentality is admirable, but with no Prescott and the season outlook being very dark, plus the addition of a host of players and the coaching staff in a lame-duck year, you will be hard-pressed to find any optimism around Cowboy nation right now.
But 88 is doing his best to step up and be the leader his offense needs with Dak sidelined and he will be doing his part to help drag this poor offense forward, despite its clear limitations.
With so much football left to play, Dallas only really has one thing it can play for, and that's pride.
In all likelihood, there will be a major shake-up in the offseason due to the "blow-it-up" concept first brought to attention by our own Mike Fisher back in February, but until then, Lamb is going to fight tooth and nail to try and salvage something from his sinking ship.
