It has not been a good season for the Houston Texans, and on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys and CeeDee Lamb did their part to make it worse.
During the 34-30 Cowboys win in Houston, Lamb had one of the best games of his NFL career. He set a new career-high for receptions, hauling in 17 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. Lamb has had only two games in his career with more receiving yards.
The field day Lamb had ultimately helped the Cowboys erase a halftime deficit and get back to .500 on the season. Meanwhile, the Texans dropped to 0-4 with another brutal loss.
And ‘NFL on FOX' color commentator Greg Olsen did not hold back much when analyzing Houston's attempts at covering Lamb, particularly late in the game.
“Facing second-and-10 with 40 seconds remaining, quarterback Dak Prescott was presented with an easy decision. The Texans didn’t seem overly concerned that Lamb was dominating their defense. They left him in single coverage against defensive back Jalen Pitre. The result was one of the easier connections the two had all day,” The Athletic's Jon Machota wrote.
Article Continues Below“‘I’ll be honest, I don’t get this,' NFL analyst Greg Olsen said on the Fox telecast. ‘Look at the leverage of Jalen Pitre. This is outside, backpedal, soft leverage with no help on the inside. He has (17) catches. Double him. Take him away. Play him inside and out. You can’t just let him run a skinny post uncontested for the go-ahead touchdown here with 40 seconds left. I just don’t love that coverage.'”
On the day, Prescott completed 32 of 45 pass attempts for 335 yards and, crucially, that one touchdown to Lamb in the final minute. The rest of the scoring came from either running back Javonte Williams, who had three touchdown runs, or kicker Brandon Aubrey, who went 2-for-4 on field goals.
The Cowboys (2-2) now have a short week, as they'll host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday.
The winless Texans, who have already lost three one-score games, will next travel to Nashville to meet the similarly 0-4 Tennessee Titans next Sunday.