Oh no. The owner of the team and the guy that signs his check suggested he wear 88 and he said yes. As any employee would. You need to stop. I thought my ex complained about everything. But you. Wow.
Also didn’t dez have it forced on him too? It’s not like he picked it.He doesn’t need to earn the number.. That is silly.
He just shouldn’t have it forced on him.
88 on him was a bad choice if for no other reason then it just won’t look right.
I love it. I guess I relate more to the feudal lord rather than the serf/peasant.This feels like a feudal lord emposing his will on his serf... it's just wrong.
The Owner signs his checks. Lamb is his employee. He can do what he wants.I agree with you. But it's important to the owner to have a player wear a certain number? Its that mindset embarrassing to me. Its just a number. Let the man choose his number.
lol - you're wrong about me, and your post didn't even make sense. I didn't deny that players develop a desire to wear a particular number, I said the number isn't going to determine how well they do their job.
Assuming you did play a sport, answer the questions I asked? Did you run pass routes, or prepare to make tackles or step into the batter's box, or drive to the basket, or do whatever your sport demanded with your jersey number at the front of your mind?
If you did, you sucked. Players don't get to the level CeeDee Lamb has if they cannot perform to their ability because they are so overcome with worry about tings that should not affect their performance.
Besides, realistically not every college player comes into the pros getting the number they want, just as not every high school player goes into college getting the number they want. Often the preferred number isn't even available. What do you expect players to do? Panic? Mope?
Obviously Dez isn’t in that same value tier. Lol
lol - this is a poor attempt at a response. After all, you were the one disputing my comment about Lamb's number not affecting is performance. Logically that means you think it can, and for that to be the case it would have to be in his mind as he played.Nice strawman.
I never argued “CeeDee will be thinking about his jersey when he’s catching the ball.”
So because in realm of possibilities not every player is able to get the number he wants this means CeeDee should be happy he’s even getting assigned a number? That’s dumb.
We know #10 is available as is #88. We know what Jerry wanted even why. Those are the facts. Not these dumb hypotheticals.
Terrible in so many ways.
He doesn’t want to wear it.
It won’t look as good as 10.
It’s still too soon to give someone that number and they disrespect Dez again.
Nothing about this sits right with me.
I'd say so.As a side note, do any of you think this will upset Dez?
Good points! Hard to argue with that!!I'd say so.
It all but ends any hope he had as far as them bringing him back.
To me it shows it was never an option and never will be.
lol - this is a poor attempt at a response. After all, you were the one disputing my comment about Lamb's number not affecting is performance. Logically that means you think it can, and for that to be the case it would have to be in his mind as he played.
The point was simply that not getting a preferred number is not going to negatively affect Lamb's performance the way some on this site are suggesting. Lamb couldn't have reached the level he has if something like that screwed up the mindset with which he played the game. No athlete can live up to their potential if their head is that easily screwed with.
I do agree that if Lamb had a strong preference for #10, and league rules allow a receiver to wear #10, Jerry should have left it alone. I'm personally not convinced Lamb sees it as a big deal though. I certainly don't trust fans to communicate Lamb's inner feelings on his behalf.