Lamb set to rejoin Cowboys for Commanders tilt

FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said helium is acceptable to instrumentality to the lineup Sunday against the Washington Commanders aft missing the past 3 games with a precocious near ankle sprain.

Lamb went done a constricted signifier for the 2nd consecutive time Thursday, but helium said it won't instrumentality him agelong to get backmost up to speed.

"I consciousness similar I'm moving around, moving around, being me," Lamb said. "Happy arsenic tin beryllium evidently conscionable believing successful my ankle. Obviously, I consciousness similar it's backmost to wherever I needed it to be."

Lamb said helium could person returned past play against the Carolina Panthers, but the other week gave him much confidence.

"I consciousness similar that's wherefore we took an other week conscionable to marque definite that I had that comfort," helium said. "Just to marque definite that I had that aforesaid explosiveness, conscionable to marque definite that I had that aforesaid stability."

Lamb suffered the wounded successful the archetypal fractional of a Week 3 nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears.

Without him, the Cowboys person maintained a high-scoring discourtesy with backmost Dak Prescott (10 touchdown passes, nary interception) and wide receiver George Pickens (two 100-yard games, 4 touchdowns).

"A batch of excitement," Prescott said of Lamb's return. "Just the past 2 days of practice, helium looks good. He's acceptable to go. Obviously, I saw him past play during rehab and helium astir apt could've went then. Being careful. But he's acceptable to go. Looks great. It's going to beryllium fun."

Lamb had 2 100-yard outings to unfastened the play earlier getting hurt. With 51 scrimmage yards against the Commanders, Lamb would scope 7,000 yards for his career, reaching that people successful 85 games, which would beryllium the quickest successful squad history.

Lamb besides has a streak of 3 consecutive 100-catch, 1,000-yard seasons.

"That's not wherefore I'm hungry," Lamb said. "Why I'm bare is maine missing clip and doing what I emotion and playing with the guys that I emotion and breaking the huddle and being capable to conscionable spell retired determination and beryllium me."

The pairing of Lamb and Pickens, who has a touchdown drawback successful 5 consecutive games, could instrumentality the discourtesy to a antithetic level. In Lamb's absence, the Cowboys moved Pickens passim the formation. Now they tin determination some to make mismatches.

"I deliberation if CeeDee doesn't get hurt, GP's astir apt conscionable going to beryllium an extracurricular receiver for the astir part," Prescott said. "Having him determination around, him having those games, showing his ability, showing what helium tin do, showing not lone however helium relishes (it) with him getting much opportunities, but him asking much responsibility, you're going to person to fig retired wherever some of them are (now) ... Having the quality to person 2 guys similar that and conscionable enactment them wherever we consciousness each and each play, it's lone going to beryllium beneficial to us."