OXNARD, Calif. – Wide receiver George Pickens is in his first training camp with the Dallas Cowboys. In his own words, Pickens said he enjoys working with first-year Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
“He’s probably one of the best coaches I’ve ever had around,” Pickens said during his first camp news conference. “Definitely, besides (University of Georgia head coach) Kirby Smart and a lot of other legendary coaches that I played for. But his energy, like you said, his energy is one of one. And you can’t really — that’s got to be in somebody. You can’t really make that.”
After spending his first three NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pickens was traded to Dallas in May.
Pickens said fellow Cowboys star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb helped him feel welcome to North Texas.
“I feel like, you know, CeeDee has always kind of been that type of guy,” Pickens said, in part. “You just got to get to know people. So, I wouldn’t really say like he was going out of his way, you know what I mean? Just kind of knowing the guys when you know them personally. Then, the connection changes.”
Many football observers project Pickens and Lamb together can form one of the most lethal wide receiver duos in the NFL. Pickens agrees.
“Oh, yeah, for sure because of our different types of styles of play,” Pickens said. “Like a lot of people over the years got different types of styles to play. But CeeDee is a certain type of guy, and then I’m a certain kind of guy. So, when you mesh that together, it’s like Mario Bros. So, we definitely could do something special.”
Cowboys fans would love nothing more than to see Pickens and Lamb put up video game-type numbers.
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