The Dallas Cowboys suffered a catastrophic injury last week, when quarterback Dak Prescott’s left hamstring gave out on him against the Atlanta Falcons. Midway through the third quarter, Dallas lost their franchise signal caller, an injury that’s expected to leave an already lackluster passing game worse off.
The only thing that’s worked on any kind of regular basis has been throwing to All-Pro receiver CeeDee Lamb, and that was seen to be in jeopardy with the way Lamb suffered through the Week 9 loss himself. Lamb struggled to return to his feet on several pass completions, favoring his shoulder to a great degree. He left the game for a while, but was able to return to try and help a comeback they couldn’t complete.
Lamb had been limited in practice the first two days of the week, but returned to full participation status on Friday, receiving a relatively clean bill of health. Lamb was not given a game injury designation despite the shoulder issue.
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Lamb caught seven passes last week, but for only 47 yards, as he was kept out of the end zone until a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter.
Over the past three games, Lamb has 28 receptions, but without Prescott throwing him the ball it’s difficult to project how well he’ll be able to catch balls from backups.
For what it’s worth, Lamb has had a couple nice games with Cooper Rush under center in the past. In 2022 Week 3, he caught eight of 12 targets from Rush for 87 yards and a score. He followed that up with 6 for 97 and a score in Week 4.
For fantasy purposes, Lamb is far too talented to ever take out the lineup, even with the Cowboys’ passing offense struggling.