It has been three days of the Dallas Cowboys training camp, and from day one I loved the energy I saw from CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens being together.
From the jump, we saw them break out their new handshake, which I am sure will draw nothing but fines from the NFL, and every time you found a photo or video of one or the other, they were both pumping each other up.
Speaking Tuesday from training camp in Oxnard, Calif., Pickens compared himself and Lamb to the legendary Nintendo duo.
“Oh yeah, for sure,” Pickens responded when asked if he and Lamb can be the best wideout tandem in the NFL. “Just different type of styles of play. A lot of people over the years got different styles of play, but CeeDee’s a certain type of guy, then I’m a certain type of guy. So, when you mesh that together, it’s like Mario Bros. We definitely can do something special.”
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The Cowboys are going to be able to score points with both of these guys in the fold now, regardless of what they get from the running back spot.
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There were some nervous moments when Pickens went down after failing to reel in a sideline pass on Wednesday. But it appeared to be just a cramp; he jogged off under his own power and was later spotted catching balls off the JUGS machine.
In three years with the Steelers, Pickens was targeted 293 times and finished with 2,841 yards on 174 catches. He also had 12 touchdowns.
That was without another guy like Lamb who is going to demand coverage and a quarterback like Dak Prescott.
Say whatever you want, but Dak is a above-average guy. He is good, and Pickens has never even played with someone who was average.
I am 50/50 right now on whether I think this team is going to make the playoffs, I think the offense will be good enough to win enough games, and maybe the defense will be okay, but I still don’t trust the first year head coach regardless of the vibes he has brought to the team.
I think this will be the second-best duo in football behind the Bengals, and if Pickens keeps doing what he has since he got to Dallas, this offense will be a lot of fun to watch.
They are going to throw the ball a ton, so I expect some big numbers from both guys.
Again….. We’re gonna have a good running game!! And I think it’s gonna be the biggest part of our offense!! And it’s not hard to figure that out, all you have to do is look at who the head coach is and who the offensive coordinator is!! They’re both all about running the ball!! And they’re both good at coming up with schemes that work…. Especially the new offensive coordinator!! I’m sure they’ll still pass the ball a lot, it’ll be hard not to with the receivers we have, but this is gonna be a run first team!! And I disagree with your take on the team!! I think they’ll win enough games to make it to the playoffs, and it’s gonna be a team effort!! I agree the offense will be good enough to win enough games!! But I don’t agree with the part where you said (and maybe the defense will be OK) cause I think our defense is gonna be really good!! We have one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL, and then we have one of the deepest groups of pass rushers in the NFL, and despite what some people think, we are deep at the corner position too!! We also have a good group of LBs, and are probably better than what they look too, cause our defensive coordinator is a LB guru, plus we’ll get Overshown back sometime this season too, so our LBs are gonna be good this year!! Our safeties have been good for a while now, and we still have the same ones!! So there’s no worries there, and our DTs aren’t too bad either!! We all know what Osa can do, and Solomon Thomas is really good too, and Mazi is going into his 3rd year with his 3rd different defensive coordinator and from what I hear is changing his weight yet again, and even though he’s going through all that change again, I still believe Whitecotton and Eberflus will get the best out of Mazi, they are just that good when it comes to getting their players in the right position to make plays!! Plus we have our rookie Jay Toia…. And even though he’s a 7th round rookie, I’m confident he’ll be a really good run stuffer!! That’s all he was known for in college, and if he was able to do anything else at least decently, he would’ve been drafted a lot higher than he was!! But he fell to the 7th round just because he was only really good at stopping the run!! So with that being said, I’m excited to see what this defense does this year!! I think our defense will turn out to be better than our offense, but it’s gonna be close!! And you can’t judge how this team will turn out just because of the new head coach!! There’s more to the team than just a head coach!! Other than the head coach, we have some of the best coordinators in the NFL right now and I don’t think I’m exaggerating about that either we have some of the best line coaches on both sides of the ball too, so I really don’t understand how you can’t be more excited about this team!! And when it comes to making the playoffs…. You should feel better than 50/50 about us making it to the playoffs!! With the players and coordinators we have on both sides of this team, I’m feeling like we’re closer to 80/20 or 90/10 to make the playoffs!! I think we’ll win around 10 or 11 games, so we shouldn’t have a problem making the playoffs!! If we can’t make the playoffs with that many wins, then there’s something wrong!! But that’s just my opinion!!
Personally I think how good this team is will come down to how good the running game is. Dak ,& the Cowboys have ALWAYS had their best seasons when they have an above average running game, that’s not opinion anymore, that’s a FACT at this point