Cowboys' Brandin Cooks reveals 2 players who 'deserve' to be paid by Dallas

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In a salary cap sport, the money can't go to everyone on an NFL team.

But the Dallas Cowboys have two stars who it would be almost indefensible for the team to let go (one of those may be controversial).

The Cowboys went 12-5 for a third season in a row but were upset in the wild-card round of the playoffs to the up-and-coming Green Bay Packers.

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CeeDee Lamb, right, celebrates with Dallas Cowboys teammate Dak Prescott after Lamb scored a 92-yard touchdown during the first quarter against the Detroit Lions in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 30, 2023. (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)

However, throughout the season, Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb were perhaps the best quarterback-receiver tandem in the NFL.

Prescott was in the MVP running throughout the season (he finished second) while leading the NFL with 36 touchdowns. His counterpart led the NFL with 135 receptions, and his 1,749 yards (second-most) and 12 touchdowns (third-most) were career-highs en route to a third-place finish in the Offensive Player of the Year vote.

Oh, and the two connected for a 92-yard touchdown during the season, the longest pass of the season.

Lamb is able to be franchise-tagged after this season, but Prescott is set to hit the free agent market. Opinions seem rather split on Prescott as he enters his ninth NFL season with just a 2-5 record in the playoffs.

Lamb, however, is entering his fifth year and is clearly on the rise after his best season.

Their teammate in Brandin Cooks said this month that Lamb deserves to be the highest-paid receiver in the NFL, and he explained why in a recent interview with Fox News