It was the kind of surreal moment you’d expect to see in a blooper reel, not in the heat of an NFL preseason game. A sharp whistle, an eruption on the sideline, Cowboys’ All-Pro wideout CeeDee Lamb, not in pads but in crisp street clothes, collides at full force with an unsuspecting referee. Not only did Lamb bounce up laughing, brushing off the accidental collision with Anthony Jeffries, but the flag that followed: a 15-yard penalty for sideline interference. Everyone, Lamb included, was left bemused. Yet, as the dust settled and the laughter faded, word trickled out: the NFL was reviewing the incident, and Lamb could be fined… again.

People might regard a preseason sideline mishap as a humorous footnote for most players. For Lamb, it’s the latest chapter in a saga riddled

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