49ers Are the Search and the Test: Cowboys Host 7-1 San Francisco on Sunday After Lamb's 195-Yard Day
San Francisco is trending No. 2 in the country this morning and arrives at AT&T Stadium on Sunday (3:25 p.m. CT) with the NFL's best record and a four-game win streak over Dallas. The Cowboys' answer starts with CeeDee Lamb, who carried the Colts game with Pickens out.
By Monday morning, the most-searched football team in America not named in the standings file was the Cowboys' next opponent. '49ers' sat at No. 2 on the United States trending list read by this desk, and the reason walks into AT&T Stadium on Sunday: San Francisco, 7-1 with the NFL's best record after a 38-17 win over Las Vegas, has beaten Dallas four straight times, and the Week 10 game (Sunday, November 15, 3:25 p.m. CT) is the one the Cowboys' season now runs through.
Dallas at least brings momentum and a No. 1 receiver in full voice. CeeDee Lamb caught 10 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 27-23 win at Indianapolis, carrying the passing game after George Pickens was ruled out shortly before kickoff with a hamstring injury - and then held himself to account for three second-half penalties and a fumble. 'The numbers look crazy, but it could have been more,' Lamb said, in comments published by Athlon Sports from his postgame availability. 'As for me, as a leader on this offense, I feel like I've got to be better in some realms, and just end the game.' Dallas was flagged 14 times for 153 yards in the win.
Lamb named the assignment himself. 'We needed a dub going into [the 49ers game],' he said. 'We know what we got going on, just the history of that [matchup]... it's going to take a lot of preparation, and a lot of execution. We can't have as many flags because they have a really good offense, too.' At 4-5 and second in the NFC East, Dallas has eight games left; Sunday's visitor is the standard the rest of the schedule is measured against.
