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CeeDee Lamb Week 1 Outlook - Cowboys at Rams

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Fri, Sep 11th 2020, 1:20pm EDT

I'm playing it safe with rookies in their first game, as they've still yet to play against an NFL team other than their own. There's going to be a transition that must occur. Think about someone like A.J. Brown last year who took a solid 6-8 games before he was used in a full-time role. That's not going to be the case with Lamb, but it's more about the learning curve. It does help that the Cowboys are supposedly going to play him in the slot (we have no concrete proof, but it makes sense), as that's a much easier transition than going to line up on the perimeter against Jalen Ramsey in his first game. The Rams moved on from slot cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman this offseason and appear to be moving forward with Darious Williams, a third-year former undrafted free agent. He's played just 225 snaps in his NFL career and has seen just 16 targets in coverage, so we don't have much to go off, though he did have two pass breakups and two interceptions on those 16 targets. Still, he's 5-foot-9 and 187 pounds, so we could see Lamb (6-foot-2 and 198 pounds) take advantage of his size. Again, exercise caution with rookies in their first NFL game, but Lamb may have the best matchup of the Cowboys receivers. He's a risk/reward WR4.

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