Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb Shows Mitch Marner How To Earn Respect From Fans Following Loss

In the dying moments of the NFL's rain-delayed season opener between the Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles Lamb had an opportunity to extend the Cowboys' final drive, but dropped his fourth pass of the night on fourth down, essentially handing the Eagles the win.

While the 26-year-old star receiver faced immense backlash on social media, it was his comments after the game that silenced most of it and earned back the respect of fans.

Lamb's comments struck a chord with Leafs Nation as it was almost a breath of fresh air to hear a star take responsibility for his poor performance. Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares all took responsibility for poor performances last season, their first under head coach Craig Berube, which indicated a level of accountability not seen previously from the Leafs' stars -- for the most part.

Marner was the only one of the 'Core Four' to go all season without taking some level of blame for the team's poor performances. His most memorable post-game comment from the past season was when he told reporters the team had to 'flush it (poor performance) down the toilet'.

As we approach training camp, the Leafs and Marner are set to move on, but had the former first-round pick taken some accountability over his nine seasons in Toronto, fans wouldn't have been so hard on him, and wouldn't have supposedly been the reason he left.