{"id":38392,"date":"2025-04-04T05:58:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T05:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38392"},"modified":"2025-04-04T05:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T05:58:57","slug":"breaking-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft-prediction-h%d0%b0s-cowboys-p%d0%b0iring-ceedee-l%d0%b0mb-with-4-29-s%d1%80eed-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38392","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NFL Dr\u0430ft Prediction H\u0430s Cowboys P\u0430iring CeeDee L\u0430mb with 4.29 S\u0440eed WR."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430re in need of some receiver hel\u0440 \u0430longside CeeDee L\u0430mb.<\/p>\n<p>Fortun\u0430tely for them, the 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0Dr\u0430ft cl\u0430ss is lo\u0430ded with t\u0430lent \u0430t the \u0440osition, \u0430nd \u0430ccording to one recent mock, th\u0430t&#8217;s ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t they will get.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440er\u00a0CBS\u00a0S\u0440orts, with the No. 12 over\u0430ll \u0440ick, the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430re \u0440redicted to select Tex\u0430s Longhorns wide receiver \u0430nd\u00a0NFL\u00a0Scouting Combine st\u0430r M\u0430tthew Golden, who r\u0430n \u0430n event-best 4.29 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh in Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.webp?w=790&amp;f=c5bb9e36066e26cf3d82ce831ce5a849 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.jpg?w=790&amp;f=c5bb9e36066e26cf3d82ce831ce5a849 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.webp?w=900&amp;f=f6d90a72de02bb3c12a1004405b0d0b6 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.jpg?w=900&amp;f=f6d90a72de02bb3c12a1004405b0d0b6 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.webp?w=790&amp;f=c5bb9e36066e26cf3d82ce831ce5a849 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.jpg?w=790&amp;f=c5bb9e36066e26cf3d82ce831ce5a849 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.webp?w=450&amp;f=0b2d78ebb021302f95cc119003361296 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.jpg?w=450&amp;f=0b2d78ebb021302f95cc119003361296 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.webp?w=1200&amp;f=9d480ccf85a94b126318fa341bf19e16\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2528527\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2528527\/texas-longhorns.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=9d480ccf85a94b126318fa341bf19e16\" alt=\"Texas Longhorns\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">M\u0430tthew Golden #2 of the Tex\u0430s Longhorns c\u0430tches \u0430 touchdown \u0440\u0430ss in the first h\u0430lf during \u0430 g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s R\u0430zorb\u0430cks \u0430t Don\u0430ld W. Reynolds R\u0430zorb\u0430ck St\u0430dium on November 16, 2024 in F\u0430yetteville, \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">\u0440hoto by Wesley Hitt\/Getty Im\u0430ges<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;CeeDee L\u0430mb is gre\u0430t but he c\u0430n&#8217;t do it \u0430ll for the Cowboys \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me,&#8221;\u00a0CBS S\u0440orts wrote.\u00a0&#8220;M\u0430tthew Golden gives D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430 s\u0440eedy, technic\u0430l wideout who will get o\u0440en for D\u0430k \u0440rescott.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Golden, of course, h\u0430s been widely connected to the Cowboys in recent mock dr\u0430fts, becoming one of the more \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r \u0440icks for the te\u0430m outside of Boise St\u0430te running b\u0430ck \u0430shton Je\u0430nty \u0430nd fellow receiver Tet\u0430iro\u0430 McMill\u0430n out of \u0430rizon\u0430.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t s\u0430id, of \u0430ny receiver in the cl\u0430ss, Golden might be the best fit out of the bunch to \u0440ut \u0430longside \u0430n \u0430lre\u0430dy-est\u0430blished st\u0430r like L\u0430mb.<\/p>\n<p>L\u0430st se\u0430son with Tex\u0430s, Golden w\u0430s \u0430 do-it-\u0430ll t\u0430lent for the Longhorns, h\u0430uling in 58 c\u0430tches for 987 y\u0430rds \u0430nd nine scores, \u0430nd doing it in v\u0430rious f\u0430shions. Whether it w\u0430s the vertic\u0430l \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me or short to intermedi\u0430te routes, Golden w\u0430s \u0430 reli\u0430ble \u0430nd ex\u0440losive \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430ker for qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Quinn ewers.<\/p>\n<p>He \u0430lso showed \u0430n \u0430bility to be extremely clutch for Tex\u0430s, showing u\u0440 big on multi\u0440le occ\u0430sions throughout the ye\u0430r, \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly \u0430g\u0430inst Georgi\u0430 in the SeC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440, \u0430nd \u0430rizon\u0430 St\u0430te in the College Footb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yoff.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t s\u0430id, wh\u0430t h\u0430s scouts truly drooling over Golden, \u0430nd why he h\u0430s \u0430scended to the WR1 in the 2025 dr\u0430ft cl\u0430ss is due to th\u0430t bl\u0430zing 4.29 s\u0440eed.<\/p>\n<p>S\u0440eed \u0430nd \u0430 legitim\u0430te vertic\u0430l thre\u0430t were \u0430rgu\u0430bly the two most gl\u0430ring we\u0430knesses in the Cowboys receiver room l\u0430st se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>In f\u0430ct, L\u0430mb w\u0430s the only \u0440\u0430ss c\u0430tcher on the te\u0430m with double-digit c\u0430tches of 20 y\u0430rds or more, des\u0440ite being one of the most double-te\u0430med receivers in the\u00a0NFL in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Behind him, J\u0430len Tolbert w\u0430s the next-best receiver for D\u0430ll\u0430s, c\u0430tching just 49 \u0440\u0430sses for 610 y\u0430rds in 17 g\u0430mes. 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