{"id":56198,"date":"2025-05-19T11:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56198"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:54:07","slug":"cowboys-star-ceedee-lamb-puts-nfl-on-notice-with-george-pickens-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56198","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Star CeeDee Lamb Puts NFL on Notice With George Pickens Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CeeDee-Pickens.webp?w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CeeDee-Pickens.webp?w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CeeDee-Pickens.webp?w=1100&amp;quality=15&amp;strip=all 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CeeDee-Pickens.webp?w=1350&amp;quality=35&amp;strip=all 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Star CeeDee Lamb Puts NFL on Notice With George Pickens Statement\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb delivered a strong message on his new teammate George Pickens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys star CeeDee Lamb is thrilled to have George Pickens as his new running mate and believes their duo will be a serious problem for defenses across the league.<\/p>\n<p>Pickens\u00a0arrived in Dallas via trade\u00a0earlier in May. The Cowboys sent a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick to the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0for Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Pickens, a second-round pick in 2022, comes with some big upside. He amassed 174 receptions for 2,841 yards and 12 touchdowns across 48 games with the Steelers. Pickens\u2019 standout season came in 2023, recording 63 catches for 1,140 yards and five touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Pickens gives the Cowboys an outstanding No. 2 option. But Lamb doesn\u2019t feel like he\u2019s a second choice \u2014 he views them as equals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both ones,\u201d Lamb said at Kyler Murray\u2019s celebrity softball game. \u201cThere ain\u2019t no A or B. None of that. You look over there, you see one. You look over there; you see another one. Do what you got to do with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"b172f1cb619c07b3fa898ed06c13868f\">\n<div>\n<article>#Cowboys CeeDee Lamb on George Pickens \u201cwe\u2019re both ones\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pickens expressed a similar sentiment in his first interview following the trade with the Cowboys\u2019 official site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt excites me a lot,\u201d Pickens said. \u201cIn the game of football, we can work off of each other, and that\u2019s why it comes back to building a winning culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>CeeDee Lamb Signed Massive Extension With Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p>Lamb signed a four-year, $136 million contract extension ahead of last season. He battled injuries and also played without Prescott for a chunk of the year, but still managed 1,194 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Lamb posted a massive campaign in 2023, notching 1,749 yards on 135 receptions with 12 touchdowns over 15 games. Now with Pickens in the fold, Lamb should have even more open space to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Tolbert, KaVontae Turpin, Jonathan Mingo, Jalen Brooks and Parris Campbell will also be in the mix for the Cowboys as they look to turn things around after a 7-10 campaign.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dak Prescott Excited for Addition of George Pickens<\/h2>\n<p>The other beneficiary of Pickens\u2019 arrival is quarterback Dak Prescott. The Cowboys quarterback has connected with Pickens and is ready to add him to the mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve connected,\u201d\u00a0Prescott said on 1310 The Ticket in Dallas. \u201cI\u2019m excited. You turn on the tape, you see a guy that can catch the football. You put the football anywhere in his vicinity, very strong hands, more than a 50-50 catcher. He thinks it\u2019s his ball when it\u2019s in the air. I\u2019m excited for him. I know we needed some help at that position. I know that CeeDee (Lamb) needed some help. I think when you have a guy like that, it\u2019s hard to double team two guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then when you have other guys, whether it be (Jake Ferguson), Jalen Tolbert, (Jonathan) Mingo, guys who have had reps and know how to get open in the league, I think we\u2019re putting together a nice group of weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pickens is entering the final year of his rookie deal, making this a contract year for the occasionally polarizing pass-catcher. But he\u2019s only concerned right now about his role in making the Cowboys a winning organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m worried about coming here and trying to help build a winning culture,\u201d\u00a0Pickens said.<\/p>\n<p>J.R. DeGroote JR DeGroote is a staff writer for Heavy.com, where they have been covering the NFL, NBA, and trending sports stories since 2019. More about J.R. 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