Dak Prescott seems ready to work with George Pickens.
It has been a week since the Dallas Cowboys traded for wide receiver George Pickens and it feels fair to say that excitement is the prevailing emotion encircling the fanbase. Imagining what Pickens will look like in this offense is a lot of fun. He will serve as a rising tide to lift the boats of other offensive skill players like CeeDee Lamb, Jake Ferguson and all of the rest, but it goes without saying that quarterback Dak Prescott may benefit the most.
There is an argument to be made that the current day duo of Lamb and Pickens is the most lethal that Prescott will have ever had to work with. Obviously Dak oversaw an offense that included Lamb alongside Amari Cooper, but that was before Lamb had fully evolved into the player we know him to be. He was more Charmeleon then and is Charizard now, so to speak.
Prescott spoke on 1310 The Ticket on Wednesday morning which marked his first public comments since Pickens became his teammate. He is clearly excited.
As transcribed by ESPN’s Todd Archer:
“You put the football anywhere in his vicinity, very strong hands. More than a 50-50 catcher. He thinks it’s his ball when it’s in the air. I’m excited for him. I know that we need some help at that position.”
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“I know CeeDee needs some help, and I think when you have a guy like that, I heard George say it, it’s hard to double-team two guys,” Prescott said. “Then when you got other guys, whether it be [tight end Jake Ferguson], Jalen Tolbert, [Jonathan] Mingo, guys who have had reps and know how to get open in the league, I think we’re putting together a nice group of weapons.”
The Cowboys clearly have some doubts on whether receivers Jalen Tolbert and/or Jonathan Mingo can carry the load of WR2 which is why they traded for Pickens in the first place. But to Dak’s and the point at large, Pickens helps Tolbert and Mingo be better at their new roles relative to the new expectations.
It will still be a bit before we see Prescott and Pickens linking up on an actual football field, especially against some level of serious competition. But it is exciting nonetheless to look forward to it all.