Dallas Cowboys wide receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens were <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">benched for the team's opening drive of Monday's road game against the Las Vegas Raiders,

CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens were benched for the first series of the Cowboys' game against the Raiders. Now we know why the two were held out.

T here were a pair of notable omissions from the Cowboys’ offense on its opening drive on Monday against the Raiders, as star wide receivers George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb watched from the sidelines rather than join their teammates on the field.

CeeDee Lamb says he and fellow Dallas Cowboys receiver George Pickens were benched for the first series of a 33-16 victory at Las Vegas because they were at a casino past curfew

More information is being revealed about what led to the Dallas Cowboys' decision to bench CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens for the start of their Week 11 game.

Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer benched CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens for the first series in Monday night's game in Las Vegas.

Monday night's ending wasn't a fantastic finish for the Raiders, but how the 33-16 loss to the Cowboys ended was notable. Dallas became the second Las Vegas opponent this season to go into victory formation before the two-minute warning.