News: Inside Cowboys WRs’ huddle exchange just before Amari Cooper's game-winning TD

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MINNEAPOLIS — Seconds earlier, Amari Cooper had retreated to the sideline aiming to loosen his hamstring with a massage gun and tennis ball.

But as the final minute of the Cowboys-Vikings game arrived, the Cowboys receiver didn’t care where he had just come from or how tight his lower-body muscles were. Cooper cared instead about where he was going and, better yet, what was coming to him: a touchdown pass attempt.

So when the Cowboys offense huddled ahead of first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, trailing by 4 points with 55 seconds to play, CeeDee Lamb really had no chance in the case he attempted to state. Lamb lobbied admirably nonetheless: Could the end-zone attempt target him?

“I said, ‘Hell nah,’” Cooper recalled after the Cowboys’ 20-16 win.

Allow Cooper to elaborate.

“I got a funny story for you,” the sixth-year receiver told Cowboys reporters after his eight-catch, 122-yard game. “I might as well go ahead and tell it.”

Click to read the story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...veals-funny-story-game-winning-td/6230441001/
 
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WoodysGirl said:
MINNEAPOLIS — Seconds earlier, Amari Cooper had retreated to the sideline aiming to loosen his hamstring with a massage gun and tennis ball.

But as the final minute of the Cowboys-Vikings game arrived, the Cowboys receiver didn’t care where he had just come from or how tight his lower-body muscles were. Cooper cared instead about where he was going and, better yet, what was coming to him: a touchdown pass attempt.

So when the Cowboys offense huddled ahead of first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, trailing by 4 points with 55 seconds to play, CeeDee Lamb really had no chance in the case he attempted to state. Lamb lobbied admirably nonetheless: Could the end-zone attempt target him?

“I said, ‘Hell nah,’” Cooper recalled after the Cowboys’ 20-16 win.

Allow Cooper to elaborate.

“I got a funny story for you,” the sixth-year receiver told Cowboys reporters after his eight-catch, 122-yard game. “I might as well go ahead and tell it.”

Click to read the story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...veals-funny-story-game-winning-td/6230441001/
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Great article! :D
 
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WoodysGirl said:
MINNEAPOLIS — Seconds earlier, Amari Cooper had retreated to the sideline aiming to loosen his hamstring with a massage gun and tennis ball.

But as the final minute of the Cowboys-Vikings game arrived, the Cowboys receiver didn’t care where he had just come from or how tight his lower-body muscles were. Cooper cared instead about where he was going and, better yet, what was coming to him: a touchdown pass attempt.

So when the Cowboys offense huddled ahead of first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, trailing by 4 points with 55 seconds to play, CeeDee Lamb really had no chance in the case he attempted to state. Lamb lobbied admirably nonetheless: Could the end-zone attempt target him?

“I said, ‘Hell nah,’” Cooper recalled after the Cowboys’ 20-16 win.

Allow Cooper to elaborate.

“I got a funny story for you,” the sixth-year receiver told Cowboys reporters after his eight-catch, 122-yard game. “I might as well go ahead and tell it.”

Click to read the story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...veals-funny-story-game-winning-td/6230441001/
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Everytime Coop balls out, I thank the ineptness of the Raiders front office :D
 
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My takeaway from the article was Lamb's confidence in himself. He wanted the ball at crucial time.

From the article:

"When Lamb’s attempt to change the play-call faltered, he shifted his focus to the personnel group.

'Coop,' he asked fellow receiver Amari Cooper. 'You want to let me get this?’"

Love that attitude by Lamb.
 
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WoodysGirl said:
MINNEAPOLIS — Seconds earlier, Amari Cooper had retreated to the sideline aiming to loosen his hamstring with a massage gun and tennis ball.

But as the final minute of the Cowboys-Vikings game arrived, the Cowboys receiver didn’t care where he had just come from or how tight his lower-body muscles were. Cooper cared instead about where he was going and, better yet, what was coming to him: a touchdown pass attempt.

So when the Cowboys offense huddled ahead of first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, trailing by 4 points with 55 seconds to play, CeeDee Lamb really had no chance in the case he attempted to state. Lamb lobbied admirably nonetheless: Could the end-zone attempt target him?

“I said, ‘Hell nah,’” Cooper recalled after the Cowboys’ 20-16 win.

Allow Cooper to elaborate.

“I got a funny story for you,” the sixth-year receiver told Cowboys reporters after his eight-catch, 122-yard game. “I might as well go ahead and tell it.”

Click to read the story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...veals-funny-story-game-winning-td/6230441001/
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Patience young grasshopper, your time is coming.
 

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Rush played well but it really was the WRs that made plays for him in offense that allowed us to win the game.
 
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WoodysGirl said:
MINNEAPOLIS — Seconds earlier, Amari Cooper had retreated to the sideline aiming to loosen his hamstring with a massage gun and tennis ball.

But as the final minute of the Cowboys-Vikings game arrived, the Cowboys receiver didn’t care where he had just come from or how tight his lower-body muscles were. Cooper cared instead about where he was going and, better yet, what was coming to him: a touchdown pass attempt.

So when the Cowboys offense huddled ahead of first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, trailing by 4 points with 55 seconds to play, CeeDee Lamb really had no chance in the case he attempted to state. Lamb lobbied admirably nonetheless: Could the end-zone attempt target him?

“I said, ‘Hell nah,’” Cooper recalled after the Cowboys’ 20-16 win.

Allow Cooper to elaborate.

“I got a funny story for you,” the sixth-year receiver told Cowboys reporters after his eight-catch, 122-yard game. “I might as well go ahead and tell it.”

Click to read the story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...veals-funny-story-game-winning-td/6230441001/
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Love a story like this. Two top tier wide receivers both wanting the chance for the win. LOVE. IT.

GO COWBOYS!!
 
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starfan1 said:
that throw couldn't have been put any better. That and the throw to Wilson were things of beauty
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Right. Rush was far from perfect, but he hit those throws perfectly. Some quarterbacks aren't real good at throwing that fade, and I believe Rush said that he should have thrown it better, but it was a well-placed ball IMO.
 
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WoodysGirl said:
MINNEAPOLIS — Seconds earlier, Amari Cooper had retreated to the sideline aiming to loosen his hamstring with a massage gun and tennis ball.

But as the final minute of the Cowboys-Vikings game arrived, the Cowboys receiver didn’t care where he had just come from or how tight his lower-body muscles were. Cooper cared instead about where he was going and, better yet, what was coming to him: a touchdown pass attempt.

So when the Cowboys offense huddled ahead of first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, trailing by 4 points with 55 seconds to play, CeeDee Lamb really had no chance in the case he attempted to state. Lamb lobbied admirably nonetheless: Could the end-zone attempt target him?

“I said, ‘Hell nah,’” Cooper recalled after the Cowboys’ 20-16 win.

Allow Cooper to elaborate.

“I got a funny story for you,” the sixth-year receiver told Cowboys reporters after his eight-catch, 122-yard game. “I might as well go ahead and tell it.”

Click to read the story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...veals-funny-story-game-winning-td/6230441001/
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I think the cameras caught this exchange. This is the huddle right before the TD. I think you can see Lamb mouth out "Let me catch this touchdown" and even nods towards that corner where Cooper caught that pass.

BTW, there are 2 threads on this topic. I posted this in there too.

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Not to nitpick, but Dallas was down by three, not four.
 
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