Asked what's different this week to get George Pickens involved, Dak Prescott pointed to how the Cowboys sequence their opening plays: "you'll see." He called Pickens "a great teammate" and said "that's not on George." He and CeeDee Lamb dismissed trade talk.
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"God allowed me to do this for people like Marshawn..." A year after Marshawn Kneeland's death, the Cowboys' Dak Prescott described his pregame prayer for him. CeeDee Lamb said Kneeland was the first teammate he has lost; Tyler Smith said it still doesn't feel real.
Cowboys OC Klayton Adams said George Pickens has been banged up for a couple of weeks, and that is why Ryan Flournoy has out-snapped him the last two games. "We've limited him in some capacities," Adams said. He called Pickens "a premium playmaker in the NFL."
Asked if Tyler Goodson stays in the return game once KaVontae Turpin is healthy, Cowboys special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen said, "I think we have options," but "Turpin's our guy." He said Goodson has "done a heck of a job. So has Mingo."
With edge rusher Malachi Lawrence out, Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker said Lawrence's "arrow was certainly pointed up" and "we got to have other guys kind of step up and their reps will now go up."