Cowboys believe in their pick-your-poison plan with Pickens and Lamb, and the Texans saw why
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George Pickens didn’t get many chances while fellow receiving star CeeDee Lamb was posting career highs in targets and catches and scoring the winning touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys against Houston
FRISCO, Texas -- George Pickens didn't get many chances while fellow receiving star CeeDee Lamb was posting career highs in targets and catches and scoring the winning touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys against Houston.
The impact of Pickens' only two receptions in the 34-30 victory illustrates perfectly what coach Brian Schottenheimer believes about the Dallas offense.
Pickens had the toughest grab of the game on the longest completion — a contested 53-yarder to set up the second of four second-half TDs for the Cowboys (2-2). He had perhaps the most critical catch, a 22-yarder that made a go-ahead touchdown a reasonable option compared to a tying field goal in the final minute.
Two plays later, Lamb's 12-yard catch from Dak Prescott put Dallas ahead with 40 seconds remaining, the last piece of what the Cowboys see as the perfect puzzle for their offense.
“The beauty of our offense is if you want to try to take away George or try to take away CeeDee, we got another guy over there that’s pretty good,” Schottenheimer said. “When George got his opportunity, what does George do? He makes plays. That’s the beauty of the offense.”
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