The Dallas Cowboys are right back in action, just four days after snapping their five-game losing streak. In the annual tradition, the Cowboys will once again host the late afternoon Thanksgiving Day game, this time their opponents being the New York Giants. At 4-7, Dallas’ playoff hopes remain on life support, but facing the 2-9 Giants may pump a little oxygen in the Cowboys’ collective lungs.
Short weeks are extremely hard for teams, as Dallas learned earlier in the year when these two teams first met in Week 4. The Cowboys won, but left that game with a ton of serious injuries as Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence and Brandin Cooks all missed significant action. This time, the short week brings recovery into question, and that includes All-Pro WR CeeDee Lamb.
Lamb was on this week’s injury report with both back and foot troubles, but he appears ready to play agaisnst the Giants in Week 13.
The fifth-year wideout currently leads the NFL with 77 receptions, gaining 841 yards and scoring four touchdowns. He and QB Cooper Rush, filling in for Dak Prescott who is lost for the year with a hamstring injury, rekindled their 2022 connection the last two weeks.
Lamb has hauled in 18 passes for 160 yards, but the end zone continues to elude him though they hope to change things Thursday against New York.
In his career against the Giants, Lamb has 59 receptions for 820 yards and four touchdowns, with another on the ground, in just nine career games. The Cowboys have lost to the Giants just once with Lamb playing.