Cowboys' Stephen Jones Says CeeDee Lamb Was 'Best Football Player on Our Board'

The Dallas Cowboys apparently got the best player in the 2020 NFL draft, at least in executive vice president Stephen Jones' eyes.

Jones was on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt (h/t Evan Silva of Establish The Run) on Wednesday and said wide receiver CeeDee Lamb "was the best football player on our board. We had the luck of the draw. ... We want to surround [Dak Prescott] with good football players."

Lamb fell to Dallas with the No. 17 pick and was the third wide receiver taken behind Alabama's Henry Ruggs III (No. 12 to the Las Vegas Raiders) and Jerry Jeudy (No. 15 to the Denver Broncos).

It's hard to argue against Lamb's college production, as he tallied 65 catches for 1,158 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2018 and followed up with 62 catches for 1,327 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2019. Big 12 defenses could hardly contain him given his elusiveness with the ball in his hands and ability to make plays on contested passes downfield.

"Lamb is a pro-ready wide receiver with awesome game tape and physical skills," Bleacher Report's Matt Miller wrote. "He's powerful pre- and post-catch and is a tough route-runner. He's violent with the ball in his hands and will break tackles at ease, as evidenced by his yards-after-catch stats."

Miller listed DeAndre Hopkins, who is one of the best overall players in the entire NFL, and Kenny Stills as pro comparisons for Lamb.

If Lamb lives up to the hype, the Cowboys will feature a dominant offense.

They already have three-time Pro Bowl running back Ezekiel Elliott in the backfield and Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup at wide receiver. Both Cooper and Gallup surpassed 1,100 receiving yards last year as Prescott's top two targets.

Throwing Lamb into the mix means secondaries that already have to worry about shifting into the box to stop Elliott now have to account for three potential game-breaking wide receivers.

It is no wonder Jones was so excited about the pick.