CeeDee Lamb keeps stacking Sundays like this is routine, and for the Dallas Cowboys, it pretty much is right now.
The former Oklahoma star was everywhere in Dallas’ 34-30 win over the Houston Texans, hauling in 17 catches for 189 yards and a touchdown. That kind of volume doesn’t just move the chains - it bends the whole game around one receiver. The Cowboys got to 2-2 with the victory, and Lamb once again looked like the league’s most dangerous pass catcher over the first month of the season.
Through four weeks, he leads the NFL with 498 receiving yards and is tied for third with four receiving touchdowns. He’s also gone over 100 yards in each of his last three games, a run that says plenty about how locked in he’s been.
At Oklahoma from 2017 to 2019, Lamb built his reputation as one of the nation’s premier receivers, finishing with 3,292 yards and 32 touchdowns on 173 catches in Norman. That production has carried cleanly into the NFL, where he’s posted more than 1,000 receiving yards in each of the last five seasons and is already ahead of pace to do it again in 2026.
Dallas’ win also kept the Cowboys right in the mix in the NFC East. They’re one game behind the 3-1 New York Giants.
There was another former Sooner making noise in Week 4, this time on defense. Robert Spears-Jennings, the rookie safety from Tulsa, came up with his first NFL interception in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 27-24 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday Night Football.
The takeaway came in the fourth quarter with Pittsburgh down 21-10, and the Steelers turned it into points just six plays later. They eventually tied the game with 1:42 left, only for Cleveland to answer with the game-winning field goal moments after that.
Spears-Jennings finished with seven tackles, including six solo stops. He spent all four seasons of his college career at Oklahoma, and the Steelers picked him in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft.
Mark Andrews also delivered for a Baltimore offense that needed a steady hand. The veteran tight end and former Oklahoma standout caught his first touchdown of 2026 in the second quarter of the Ravens’ 24-18 win over the Tennessee Titans, helping Baltimore build a 24-7 halftime lead. Andrews ended the game with five receptions for 27 yards and that score.
A Scottsdale, Arizona native, Andrews played at OU from 2014 to 2017. He won the John Mackey Award in 2017, the same season Baker Mayfield took home the Heisman Trophy and the Sooners reached the College Football Playoff. Andrews has spent all nine of his NFL seasons with the Ravens, earning three Pro Bowl selections and First Team All-Pro honors in 2021.
At quarterback, Week 4 was a quieter story for the former Sooners. With Mayfield and Caleb Williams both sidelined, only Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts saw the field. Neither had a banner day.
Hurts completed 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns in the Philadelphia Eagles’ 24-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He added just 18 rushing yards and did not score on any tush push attempts.
Murray’s Minnesota Vikings beat the Miami Dolphins 15-10, but the offense never really found its rhythm. He went 27-for-37 for 247 yards without a touchdown and was sacked four times. The Vikings improved to 4-0, and it was Murray’s second start since the injury he suffered in Week 1.
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