ARLINGTON, Texas - CeeDee Lamb turned a home opener into a highlight reel and a keepsake for his quarterback.
The Cowboys wideout finished with eight receptions for 153 yards and two touchdowns on nine targets in Dallas' 37-20 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday, per ESPN's box.
His second score, a 24-yard catch in the fourth quarter, was Dak Prescott's 249th career touchdown pass as a Cowboy - one more than Tony Romo's franchise record - and Lamb handed his quarterback the ball afterward, the Associated Press reported.
Lamb's day started early. He took a 3-yard touchdown from Prescott with about 10 minutes left in the first quarter to open the scoring, then kept moving the chains on intermediate throws while George Pickens (six catches, 40 yards) and Ryan Flournoy worked underneath. ESPN's scoring summary lists both of Lamb's touchdowns and the 153-yard total.
Record ball, then the seal
Prescott finished 26 of 31 for 279 yards and four touchdowns. Jake Ferguson caught the other two scores. Lamb's share was the loudest: 19.1 yards per catch and the only Dallas receiver over 100 yards. The AP noted that Lamb now has 37 touchdown catches from Prescott, more than any other Cowboys pass-catcher in that pairing.
Washington reached the Dallas 1-yard line in the final seconds of the half before Jayden Daniels left with a dislocated left elbow, per the AP. The Commanders never caught Lamb's production after that.
Marcus Mariota entered, Dallas' defense forced a fumble that set up Ferguson's second touchdown, and Lamb's late score pushed the margin back to 17 points after Washington had trimmed it with a Mariota touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs.
Why the volume mattered
Nine targets is not empty volume when eight of them stick. Lamb converted the short and the intermediate, then beat coverage deep enough for the record-breaking throw. Brandon Aubrey's 60-yard field goal earlier in the fourth had already stretched the lead; Lamb's touchdown removed any late drama and gave Prescott the cleanest possible way to finish the franchise mark.
