WFAA Dallas Cowboys insider Ed Werder reported on Monday that Cowboys broad receiver CeeDee Lamb is predicted to overlook 3-4 weeks with a excessive ankle sprain. NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport later reported that the All-Professional wideout won’t be positioned on injured reserve and can sit out for not less than the following two video games earlier than being thought-about as week-to-week by the workforce.
Lamb sustained the damage throughout opening drive of Dallas’ eventual 31-14 blowout loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. After heading to the blue medical tent, he re-entered the sport for one play, however got here up limping and was shut down for the remainder of the afternoon. The veteran wideout had put up large numbers for “America’s Crew” by the primary two weeks of the 2025 season, hauling in 16 of 24 targets for 222 yards.
His return, in fact, will rely upon how briskly he can get well and a excessive ankle sprains is actually a fragile damage that ought to be handled with warning. If solely misses two video games and is ready to come again afterwards, then he’d have the ability to return for his or her Week 6 highway showdown on the Carolina Panthers on October 12. If he missed the following 4 weeks as Werder’s reporting instructed, then he’d be slated to return for his or her Week 8 highway matchup on the Denver Broncos on October 26.
Lamb was a top-three fantasy broad receiver in common draft place heading into the 2025 marketing campaign, so his absence may have a substantial impression on fantasy leagues over the following month. Even after virtually lacking their complete Week 3 matchup in opposition to the Bears, he nonetheless ranks within the prime 15 in receptions, receiving yards, and complete EPA, so his absence might be devastating for each the Cowboys and fantasy managers alike.
With him out, George Pickens might be tasked with stepping up because the Cowboys’ prime possibility at broad receiver. He has recorded the precise stat line of 5 receptions for 68 yards and a landing in back-to-back video games and is already getting into Week 4 as a top-20 fantasy wideout, so Pickens managers ought to’ve already been contemplating him for his or her beginning lineups even earlier than Lamb’s damage.
This might additionally imply extra seems for tight finish Jake Ferguson, who Dak Prescott focused a whopping 14 instances in opposition to the Bears on Sunday. The identical could possibly be mentioned for Kavontae Turpin, who’s rostered in lower than 4% of fantasy leagues and ought to be available on the waiver wire this week.
For Lamb managers trying elsewhere for sturdy substitute items of the waiver wire, Quentin Johnston of the Los Angeles Chargers ought to be closely thought-about. The third-year wideout is having a breakout season thus far and he’s rostered in lower than 30% of leagues.
