Gonna have to disagree witcha on his speed times. At the 2020 NFL Combine, Lamb showed off his many skills, but his official 40 yard dash time was 4.51. Which was one reason he fell to the Cowboys at pick 17 that year. Again, I like Cedee Lamb. He has an excellent WR skill set. And he’s certainly fast enough. But speed would not be one of his top measureables.
There are actually 3 times:
Raw electronic
Adjusted electronic
HandHeld
Some years WalterFootball posted all 3. Lamb was sub 4.5 in the unadjusted electronic and HandHeld times.
There is a reason that HandHeld times are part of the official combine database.
Teams look at the variation in electronic and HandHeld to judge the accuracy. If one player has a difference of 0.01 Elevtronic vs HH and another player has a difference of 0.08 then teams take that into consideration. Players with with statistical outliers in terms of this difference are considered to have a questionable official time.
For top 100 type prospects, teams like to time players themselves. Some teams time all players at the combine themselves. The Pro Days that teams attend are also hand timed by the team.
No doubt that CeeDee does not have Tyreek Hill speed, but most #1WRs don't have that type of speed.
Dez ran a 4.52 but on his rookie season punt returns, he was often fastest player on the field.
Davante Adams electronic time was 4.56 seconds.
CeeDee is middle of the pack compared to #1
WRs in terms of speed.
His issue is all about route running. He has to do it consistently. He didn't run as many if any option routes when Cooper was the #1 WR but this season on most passing plays he is running option routes.
He has clearly failed on 2 option routes in the past 2 games that caused INTs.
If they remove the option routes then it become easy for defenses to game plan him.
Witten became the top TE in Cowboys history because of his ability to run Y-option.
Perfectly executed option routes by the receiver and corresponding execution by the QB makes the defense "always wrong".