CeeDee Lamb's 17 catches, walk-off TD lead Cowboys past Texans — SkimNews
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- CeeDee Lamb caught 17 passes for 189 yards, including the game-winning 12-yard touchdown with 40 seconds left, as the Cowboys beat the Texans 34-30 in Houston — a stadium 30 miles from his childhood home of Richmond, Texas where he had never played before.
- Dak Prescott targeted Lamb 21 times and said he didn't realize Lamb had 17 catches until coach Brian Schottenheimer announced it in the locker room, adding: 'I'm the one throwing it, how do I not realize that?'
- Lamb's 17 receptions rank second in Cowboys history behind Jason Witten's 18 against the Giants in 2012, and are the most by any NFL player since Keenan Allen's 18 in Week 3, 2023, and the most by a player who also had a touchdown catch since Brandon Marshall in 2009.
- Lamb passed Hall of Famer Drew Pearson for fourth in Cowboys career receiving yards and now trails Tony Hill by 74 yards for third, a mark he could reach Thursday against Tampa Bay.
- The performance marked Lamb's third straight 100-yard game (a career-tying streak), his 30th career 100-yard game — trailing only Justin Jefferson (37) and Davante Adams (32) since 2020 — and his seventh with at least 150 yards, trailing only Michael Irvin (10) in team history.
- Lamb credited his grandmother's presence in the stands, saying the homecoming 'meant everything' after she rarely attended his games, and called the winning touchdown play one he recognized from film study: 'soon as it was called, I knew it was a touchdown.'
Why it matters: Lamb is now within 74 receiving yards of third place on the Cowboys' all-time list with a Thursday game against Tampa Bay next, while his three straight 100-yard games underscore his role as the offensive engine Dallas is building around — Prescott targeted him on a third of his throws against Houston.
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