CeeDee Lamb — Week 9: 195 Yards, a Score and a Fumble

CeeDee Lamb had his biggest yardage game of the season against the Colts: 16 targets, 10 catches, 195 yards and a touchdown, with 47.1% of Dallas's targets. Expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, had him at +2.7, because a lost fumble and two offensive pass interference flags took back much of the value.

The touchdown came up 10-7 with 28 seconds left in the half. One snap after his 22-yard catch on third and 1, first and 10 at the Indianapolis 44, Dak Prescott threw deep right and Lamb caught it for the score and 17-7, +5.3 EPA and 12.1 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. Tied 20-20 with 5:09 left, second and 10 at the Dallas 30, he caught a 31-yarder over the middle to the Indianapolis 39, +13.5 points; that drive ended in Brandon Aubrey's missed 50-yarder.

The cost came early in the fourth, up 20-17. An offensive pass interference call on Lamb wiped out a 13-yard catch and left third and 12 at the Dallas 39. On the next snap he caught a 48-yarder deep right to the Indianapolis 13; Indianapolis challenged the down-by-contact ruling, and replay gave the Colts the ball: Austin Ajiake forced the fumble and Kenneth Harris recovered at the 9. It was his first lost fumble of the season.

The 195 yards passed his 189 at Houston in Week 4. Through Week 8 he had 60 catches on 92 targets for 709 yards, 6 touchdowns and +32.4 EPA, +0.35 a target; here it was +0.17.

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