Lamb Tops NFL in Receiving Yards Ahead of Cowboys-Bucs TNF — SkimNews
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- Dallas Cowboys (2-2) host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-4) to open the Week 5 NFL slate on Thursday Night Football, with Dallas coming off a 34-30 win at Houston.
- Buccaneers have dropped all four games this season, though every loss was a one-score outcome.
- Baker Mayfield (thumb) is sidelined, forcing a second straight start for rookie Jalon Daniels on a short week.
- CeeDee Lamb leads the NFL in receiving yards (498) and receptions (37) and is tied for third in touchdowns (4), per the article.
- Lamb posted 17 catches on 21 targets for 189 yards against the Texans in Week 4 — one of the highest-volume games for an NFL receiver in recent history.
- SportsLine's Machine Learning Model rates Lamb Over 80.5 receiving yards (-114) as a 3.5-out-of-5-star prop, noting Lamb has cleared his receiving line in four of his last five games with a 107.8-yard average in that span.
Why it matters: The Cowboys' passing volume makes Lamb the clearest volume-prop candidate on the TNF slate — Dallas has fed him 21 targets in Week 4 alone and he leads the league in both receptions and receiving yards. Tampa Bay's backup QB situation caps what the Bucs' secondary can sustain, tilting SportsLine's AI toward an over on Lamb's line.
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