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Referee explains sideline collision with Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb: 'It's more of a rare situation'

Lamb absorbed one of the biggest hits of the game despite not being in uniform against the Los Angeles Rams

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Referee explains sideline collision with Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb: 'It's more of a rare situation'​

Lamb absorbed one of the biggest hits of the game despite not being in uniform against the Los Angeles Rams​

However, Lamb still ended up being on the receiving end of one of the most violent hits of the night despite being in a hat, t-shirt and sweatpants on the sideline. He ended up being penalized for "a foul against an official" that officially went down as an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty while watching Dallas' offense. Lamb began to celebrate Cowboys wide receiver Jonathan Mingo breaking wide open and beyond the Rams' secondary defenders. Lamb's celebration led him to the thickly-painted, white portion of the sideline where Lamb put his hand up and turned his back to everyone but Mingo flying downfield. An official was sprinting down the thick white portion of the sideline to keep up with the play, and he was so locked in on the action that he didn't notice Lamb until it was too late. Both of them went flying when the official smacked into Lamb's back on the tail end of the sequence.

"It's sideline interference. CeeDee Lamb was standing in the restricted white border area, which is our area to officiate the game. The official on the play was focused solely on doing his job, and he ran into CeeDee Lamb, who was standing in that restricted area," referee Alex Moore said postgame via a pool report. "That's what happened. And with that contact, it's an automatic foul."



Neither Schottenheimer nor Lamb argued the call, so all parties were able to move forward conflict free.