Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb says what many will gloss over about Cooper Rush's performance during Eagles loss

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb wasn't trying to sugarcoat the shortcomings of an offense that produced 146 yards and turned the ball over five times on Sunday's 34-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. 

"It's pretty bad," Lamb told reporters postgame when asked about the offense not getting going. "Obviously, we didn't get in the end zone. The defense did a great job of giving us a short field, but we didn't score. I think we were inside the five, so that's your answer right there."

A big reason behind the offensive struggles had to do with the play of backup quarterback Cooper Rush, who was inaccurate in many pass attempts and fumbled on the second drive of the game to set up an easy score for the Eagles. Understandably, Rush has been widely criticized for his play by both fans and media members. 

However, Lamb cut his quarterback some slack postgame, and kept it real discussing the offense's woes by saying what many will omit when arguing for Trey Lance to take his place, for example: He admitted he didn't think the offense helped Rush at all.

"I don't think (Cooper Rush) was given the right opportunities as far as certain situations and certain plays," Lamb said. "I feel like we could have been better in that area; overall, it could be better."

When asked about what he meant specifically, Lamb bluntly said: "We just didn't execute on offense to the plays that were called." 

Lamb's comments are only fair and although they weren't very specific, it's not that hard to figure out what he meant. Play-calling could've been much better on Sunday, as it appeared the Cowboys had no aces up their sleeves to help out Rush. There weren't a lot of wide open receivers to target against the Eagles secondary. 

Additionally, protection was as questionable as it's been all season, albeit Asim Richards arguably outplaying Tyler Guyton as the backup left tackle and Ezekiel Elliott and Jake Ferguson both had costly fumbles. Zeke's happened in a goal-to-go situation that could've translated to a touchdown. At one point, even the sun played against Rush, something that Lamb wasn't shy about, either.

There's no hiding that Rush had a bad game. But the Cowboys offense was bad across the board. It's only fair from Lamb to point that out. There's a reason why the quarterback looked so different from what he did in 2022 and that is the help he's getting from the team is much different because the team is, let's face it, worse than it was back then.