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FRISCO- In the mind's eye of George Pickens, this is historcally normal.
“I feel like two receivers are kind of normal,'' the newest Dallas Cowboys star said on Wednesday in his first visit with the DFW media. "When I used to watch football (as a kid), there was always a good receiver, and then there was also another good receiver on the side of him.”
Pickens is talking about the idea of one team employing two studs, and no matter how it was when he was growing up ...
There is something about it in today's NFL.
On the heels of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl LIX triumph, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith have been named the NFL’s best wide receiver.
But now, a sudden change ... as Dallas is (finally?) giving chase in an arms race as the position.
Brown and Smith are “the total package physically,'' and the proof is in their performance.
But here come the Cowboys, with Dak Prescott as the QB triggerman and with Lamb as his main main.
In 2023, Lamb was an All-Pro as he set career highs in catches (an NFL-best 135), yards (1,749) and touchdowns (12).
He's 26.
Pickens, 24, led the Steelers in receiving yards each of the past two years, led the league by averaging 18.1 yards per catch in 2023, and is physically capable of matching Lamb.
Which means Lamb and Pickens are capable of matching the Eagles.
In one ranking, the groupings ended up including Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams and Dallas’ new duo.
Brown and Smith have proven chemistry and a track record. In Philadelphia’s quest for back-to-back Super Bowl titles, it's not just talk.
And in Dallas?
“It excites me a lot because ... we can work off each other,” Pickens said, scoffing at the “made-up'' idea of "a 1A and a 1B'' ...
“There’s no, ‘He gets the ball, I get the ball.’ We’re working off each other. That’s why I always come back to building a winning culture. And that’s kind of what we’ve been talking about in Dallas.”
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“I feel like two receivers are kind of normal,'' the newest Dallas Cowboys star said on Wednesday in his first visit with the DFW media. "When I used to watch football (as a kid), there was always a good receiver, and then there was also another good receiver on the side of him.”
Pickens is talking about the idea of one team employing two studs, and no matter how it was when he was growing up ...
There is something about it in today's NFL.
On the heels of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl LIX triumph, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith have been named the NFL’s best wide receiver.
But now, a sudden change ... as Dallas is (finally?) giving chase in an arms race as the position.
Brown and Smith are “the total package physically,'' and the proof is in their performance.
But here come the Cowboys, with Dak Prescott as the QB triggerman and with Lamb as his main main.
In 2023, Lamb was an All-Pro as he set career highs in catches (an NFL-best 135), yards (1,749) and touchdowns (12).
He's 26.
Pickens, 24, led the Steelers in receiving yards each of the past two years, led the league by averaging 18.1 yards per catch in 2023, and is physically capable of matching Lamb.
Which means Lamb and Pickens are capable of matching the Eagles.
In one ranking, the groupings ended up including Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams and Dallas’ new duo.
Brown and Smith have proven chemistry and a track record. In Philadelphia’s quest for back-to-back Super Bowl titles, it's not just talk.
And in Dallas?
“It excites me a lot because ... we can work off each other,” Pickens said, scoffing at the “made-up'' idea of "a 1A and a 1B'' ...
“There’s no, ‘He gets the ball, I get the ball.’ We’re working off each other. That’s why I always come back to building a winning culture. And that’s kind of what we’ve been talking about in Dallas.”
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