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Injury Ankle
Est. Return 9/28/2025
2025 Receiving Stats
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16
YDS
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Lamb's first four NFL seasons were marked by steady improvement, including a surge forward in 2023 when he scored 403.2 PPR points, the third most ever by a wide receiver. His momentum finally slowed last season, with Lamb dropping back to his 2022 rate of scoring (17.6 PPR average), although it took bad luck to push him down to what was still a high level, finishing eighth among WRs in both total PPR points and points per game. He might've finished as high as second or third, if not for the Week 9 game at Atlanta in which QB Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending hamstring injury and Lamb an AC joint sprain. The shoulder injury cost Lamb snaps in a couple other games and eventually led the Cowboys to shut him down for Weeks 17-18, although he first proved capable of putting up solid numbers with a backup quarterback, averaging 6.9 catches for 76.3 yards in the seven games both he and Cooper Rush started. Prescott should be ready for Week 1, but there's tougher competition for targets following a May trade for WR George Pickens. For all his merits, Lamb isn't on the same level as Justin Jefferson or Ja'Marr Chase as a downfield threat, which means he'll need to continue piling up cheap, easy receptions to get back toward his 2023 status as a tip-top WR1. Read Past Outlooks
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Expected to miss 3-to-4 weeks
Lamb is expected to miss 3-to-4 weeks due to the high-ankle sprain he suffered during Sunday's loss to the Bears, though the Cowboys haven't yet officially ruled him out for Week 4 against the Packers, Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Dallas executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday that the Cowboys would "would love to have [Lamb] back for Green Bay," per Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News, though Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the star wide receiver is considered unlikely for Week 4 and will instead be evaluated within the next 10-to-14 days. While a 3-to-4 week absence seems realistic given the severity of Lamb's injury, it appears the team may hold out hope he's able to manage an earlier return, and thus not place him on IR. In any case, George Pickens and TE Jake Ferguson will figure to step up as the leader of Dallas' passing attack until Lamb is ready to retake the field, with wideouts Jalen Tolbert and KaVontae Turpin also likely for bumps in volume.
Dallas executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday that the Cowboys would "would love to have [Lamb] back for Green Bay," per Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News, though Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the star wide receiver is considered unlikely for Week 4 and will instead be evaluated within the next 10-to-14 days. While a 3-to-4 week absence seems realistic given the severity of Lamb's injury, it appears the team may hold out hope he's able to manage an earlier return, and thus not place him on IR. In any case, George Pickens and TE Jake Ferguson will figure to step up as the leader of Dallas' passing attack until Lamb is ready to retake the field, with wideouts Jalen Tolbert and KaVontae Turpin also likely for bumps in volume.
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Air Yards Per Game
149.0Air Yards Per Snap
2.22% Team Air Yards
44.1%% Team Targets
28.2%Avg Depth of Target
12.4 YdsCatch Rate
66.7%Drop Rate
16.7%Avg Yds After Catch
3.8% Targeted On Route
26.4%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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This Week's Opposing Pass Defense
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Overall QB Rating Against
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Cornerbacks
111.9
Safeties
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Linebackers
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Measurables Review
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How do CeeDee Lamb's measurables compare to other wide receivers?
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200 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.50 secVertical Jump
34.5 inBroad Jump
124 inBench Press
11 repsHand Length
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Lamb has improved upon his totals for targets, catches, yards and touchdowns with each passing year since the Cowboys drafted him 17th overall in 2020, peaking last season as the highest-scoring wide receiver for both PPR and standard scoring. He finished at WR5/6 overall in 2022, then took a massive leap forward last season with 25 more targets and 390 more receiving yards while posting career highs for catch rate (74.6 percent) and yards per target (9.7). In addition to leading the NFL in catches and targets, Lamb tied for third among WRs with 14 carries and took them for 113 yards and two touchdowns (14 TDs total). Many of his peripheral stats were similar to previous years (e.g. 9.3 aDOT, 5.1 YAC average) but he was targeted on a career-high 28.3 percent of his routes and caught nearly three-fourths of those passes even though defenses knew what was coming. While neither particularly big (6-2. 200) nor fast (4.50), Lamb is silky-smooth both before and after the catch and seems to have an innate understanding of footwork and angles like DeAndre Hopkins or Isaac Bruce. If there's one possible criticism, it's that Lamb was a bit more volume-reliant than fellow elite WR1 Tyreek Hill, who ran 193 fewer routes but was targeted on an incredible 38.2 percent of them. Even that's just nitpicking, though, as Lamb had the sixth-highest target rate over the seventh most routes (641)., i.e., he can afford to lose some volume in 2024 and still be a high-end WR1.
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Dealing with high-ankle sprain
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday that Lamb suffered a high-ankle sprain during Sunday's loss to the Bears, Jon Machota of The Athletic reports.
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Likely avoids major injury
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after Sunday's loss to the Bears the early word on Lamb's ankle injury is positive, and Lamb is believed to have avoided a serious issue, Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Ruled out of Sunday's game
Lamb (ankle) won't return to Sunday's game in Chicago, Erin Andrews of Fox Sports reports.
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Injures ankle Sunday
Lamb is questionable to return to Sunday's game against the Bears due to an ankle injury, Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports.
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Tops century mark in OT win
Lamb caught nine of 11 targets for 112 yards in Sunday's 40-37 overtime win over the Giants.
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Downplays ankle injury
Lamb, who exited Sunday's loss to the Bears with an ankle injury in the first quarter, said he was fully confident he could play through the issue without missing any future games, Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Lamb was able to log only six plays before taking a seat for the remainder of the afternoon. The injury, which ironically occurred on a rush attempt in the first quarter, is one Lamb will undergo an MRI for Monday. Despite the fact he re-entered the game for the first play of the second quarter and was unable to run anywhere near 100 percent, Lamb answered "for sure" when asked about his ability to play through the issue and wasn't wearing a walking boot after the game.
Lamb was able to log only six plays before taking a seat for the remainder of the afternoon. The injury, which ironically occurred on a rush attempt in the first quarter, is one Lamb will undergo an MRI for Monday. Despite the fact he re-entered the game for the first play of the second quarter and was unable to run anywhere near 100 percent, Lamb answered "for sure" when asked about his ability to play through the issue and wasn't wearing a walking boot after the game.