Report expands on how Lamb helps with Pickens’ assimilation
The Dallas Cowboys made a big post-draft splash once they acquired mercurial extensive receiver George Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier than Dallas started organized crew exercise exercises on Could 19.
For a chunk printed on Tuesday, ESPN’s Todd Archer touched upon how Pickens and fellow Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb have been getting alongside early into their working relationship.
“Pickens’ assimilation to the Cowboys has been easy,” Archer wrote. “It helps that he and Lamb have a earlier relationship. They’ve labored out collectively over time and have revered one another from afar. Not too long ago, they attended the charity softball sport held by Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. Finally week’s OTA that was open to the media, they have been continuously linked, both engaged on the Jugs machine through the particular groups’ portion of the exercise or between performs.”
It was at that charity softball sport when Lamb insisted that he and Pickens are each No. 1 receivers on the Dallas roster. Such a remark indicated Lamb could be fantastic with a few of his touches going to Pickens this coming fall. That is necessary contemplating Pickens developed a fame for rising pissed off over a scarcity of targets throughout his Pittsburgh tenure that ran from the 2022 draft by way of this previous season.
Whereas Lamb acquired a four-year, $136M deal from the Cowboys final summer time, it seems Pickens will play for Dallas whereas within the last yr
of his rookie contract. It additionally appears that first-year Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is hoping Lamb will assist maintain Pickens on his finest habits by way of no less than January 2026.
“Pickens got here to the Cowboys with some questions after his three years with the Steelers,” Archer famous. “Tardiness was a difficulty. Outbursts on the sector and sidelines have been a difficulty.”
Additionally on Tuesday, The Athletic’s Jon Machota talked about that “Dallas believes it has the perfect tradition for Pickens to thrive” whereas working with Lamb and Schottenheimer. If that proves to be the case, the one-two punch of Lamb and Pickens may information the Cowboys to a fourth playoff look over 5 seasons after Dallas completed a disappointing 2024 marketing campaign at 7-10.
