What did Parsons and Diggs say about CeeDee Lamb’s sideline reaction to Dak Prescott’s interception?

Sunday Night Football’s late-night/early-morning game between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers was not short on storylines as the Cowboys came back to beat the Steelers in a rainy game that went on into the wee hours of the morning.

Perhaps the biggest of the storylines to come from that game was when cameras caught wide receiver CeeDee Lamb yelling something at quarterback Dak Prescott. The moment came after Prescott threw an interception in the direction of Lamb. The drama may have been fueled just a bit by the fact that Lamb had previously shown frustration towards Prescott during their Week 3 game against the Baltimore Ravens.

Parsons and Diggs think people should “mind their business”

Dallas’ star edge rusher Micah Parsons spoke about the moment on his podcast The Edge with Micah Parsons with guest star, Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs. While the media and lip readers speculated on what Lamb could have said, guesses ranged from critiques of the throw to pleas for Prescott to throw higher and trust him to catch the ball.

Lamb agreed that he “pretty much” said “jump ball”.

“The DB made a great play,” he said. “We were on two different pages. I mean he got a gift.”

As for Parsons and Diggs, they are tired of the media spinning what they consider normal sideline behavior into unnecessary drama. When the moment happened, announcers Cris Collinsworth and Mike Tirico said that it “didn’t look good”. But according to Diggs and Parsons, it was blown out of proportion.

“One thing I’m tired of, too, is people blow up arguments or talking on the sideline,” said Parsons. “They tried to blow up Dak and CeeDee’s conversation on the sideline. When we be getting on the the sideline, 95% of the time, it’s not even arguing. It’s just expression of what we’re seeing out there, vocalizing.”

Diggs agreed with Parsons’ thoughts on the matter, clarifying that this kind of “conversation” is just communication, not an argument.

“We never want to get to arguing with someone on the sideline,” Diggs said. “Either I tell you something that I see that you’re doing something wrong, or maybe one play, I give up a pass, you tell me, ‘Come on bro, we need that back.’ That’s not arguing. That’s constructive criticism.”

We have certainly seen sideline reactions much worse than this before. Look at Tom Brady - his tantrums just became the norm and were even praised by many for the “passion” they thought he showed. In the heat of the moment, it’s difficult not to let frustrations show, and while Prescott is well-practiced in “the pause” (taking time to stop before reacting), not everyone is so good at it.

Lamb’s reaction didn’t seem over-the-top, and considering we don’t know exactly what he said, we can’t assume it was something personally offensive when it could have just been a simple reaction to the lack of communication or as Diggs said, “constructive criticism”.

“Everything is nonstop communication,” Parsons said. “We’re never really angry or frustrated with each other.”

“I’d rather it come from you than it come from a fan that doesn’t know nothing about nothing,” Diggs said. “I just feel like people need to stay out of our business. Y’all be worrying about the wrong stuff too much. We got this, mind your business.”