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Todd Archer
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott stated he has been involved with newly acquired large receiver George Pickens and might start on-field work as quickly as subsequent week when organized group actions begin.
Rely Prescott as excited to have Pickens, who caught 174 passes for two,841 yards and 12 touchdowns in three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“You activate the tape and also you see a man that may catch the soccer,” Prescott stated on 1310 The Ticket in Dallas on Wednesday. “You set the soccer wherever in his neighborhood, very sturdy fingers. Greater than a 50-50 catcher. He thinks it is his ball when it is within the air. I am excited for him. I do know that we’d like some assist at that place.”
The Cowboys’ seek for a large receiver reverse CeeDee Lamb had them eyeing Tetairoa McMillan within the NFL draft, however he went earlier than Dallas picked. That they had talks with quite a few groups earlier than getting a deal completed with the Steelers, sending a 2026 third-round decide to Pittsburgh and swapping fifth- and sixth-round picks in 2027.
“I do know CeeDee wants some assist, and I feel when you could have a man like that, I heard George say it, it is laborious to double-team two guys,” Prescott stated. “Then whenever you obtained different guys, whether or not it’s [tight end Jake Ferguson], Jalen Tolbert, [Jonathan] Mingo, guys who’ve had reps and know find out how to get open within the league, I feel we’re placing collectively a pleasant group of weapons.”
Some within the group say Pickens reminds them of former Cowboys large receiver Dez Bryant, the franchise’s all-time chief in landing receptions, govt vp Stephen Jones stated this week on SiriusXM’s Mad Canine Sports activities Radio.
“He is an uber competitor, and we had one in Dez Bryant who was the identical means,” Jones stated within the interview with “Schein on Sports activities,” hosted by Adam Schein. “I imply, he simply could not get sufficient. And boy, when the lights got here on and his cleats hit the turf, he was a unique man. And it seems like George goes to be that means.
“He actually typically performs with excessive emotion and … as everyone knows, whenever you’re taking part in sports activities and also you’re competing and also you’re taking part in with lots of emotion, typically you may make a flawed resolution right here and there. We had that with Dez, however actually he is aware of he desires to proceed to get his fingers round that, identical to Dez labored at it on a regular basis. And we really feel like that it is actually price what comes with that by way of what he is doing to proceed to get higher when he is on the market competing week in and week out.”
Jones added that the Cowboys did lots of “homework” on Pickens and located that “he is properly cherished by his teammates.”
“They need him on their group. And we felt the identical means about Dez. And we simply really feel like he will deliver one thing right here to our group that we’d like by way of an edge and bringing that power of competitors to the sector, day in, time out, week in, week out,” Jones stated.
