Sunday Night Football broadcasters Cris Collinsworth and Mike Tirico suggested there was trouble between two Cowboys stars during their win over the Steelers – but many fans have a different theory about what happened.
Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott was intercepted on a pass intended for CeeDee Lamb near the end of the second quarter, and the two appeared to have a tense moment on the sideline afterward.
“Hard to explain, I just throw it out there in the reporting – and something is wrong,” Collinsworth said. “CeeDee Lamb at the end of that. I’ll let you read your own lips. At Dak. Dak doesn’t respond at all. Doesn’t look good.’
“Not a little,” Tirco added. “Not a little.”
Some fans online theorized that Lamb had penalized Prescott for making an “under-par throw.”
CeeDee Lamb said something to Dak Prescott after the quarterback threw an interception
Prescott didn’t look at his receiver after the comments, which came in the second quarter
The sideline moment came after Prescott’s interception from the Pittsburgh 15-yard line, and the quarterback didn’t look up at the wide receiver as he spoke to him.
However, there seemed to be a larger majority for X than Lamb actually was encouraging his quarterback.
“Springball [No.] four, jump ball, I got you! ‘, many believed Lamb said.
That would certainly make sense, as Prescott and Lamb appeared to be on different pages during the second-quarter interception — in which the receiver was deeper in the end zone, but Prescott threw a comeback route for him.
It was one of two picks Prescott threw in the game.
Other fans criticized Collinsworth for stirring the pot, with one to write“Yeah, Collinsworth said that because he had no idea what CeeDee was saying, and neither do we.”
Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collinsworth was criticized by some fans for suggesting there were problems between Prescott and Lamb
Prescott recovered to throw a game-winning touchdown to Jalen Tolbert with 20 seconds left
Regardless, Prescott would dust himself off to ultimately lead the Cowboys to a 20-17 win with just 20 seconds left.
Prescott hit receiver Jalen Tolbert for a four-yard touchdown on fourth-and-goal to silence the Pittsburgh crowd and lift Dallas to a 3–2 record.
Prescott threw for 352 yards and two scores, while Lamb had a somewhat quiet night by his lofty standards, hauling in five catches for 62 yards.
Dallas will host the Lions this weekend in a big NFC clash.