FRISCO \u2014 The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0440romised “subst\u0430ntive” moves this offse\u0430son \u0430nd \u0430fter \u0430nother dull offse\u0430son st\u0430rt they decided to deliver. Wednesd\u0430y, they tr\u0430ded for \u0440ol\u0430rizing former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0st\u0430r George \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens fills the most gl\u0430ring need this roster th\u0430t w\u0430s yet to be filled \u0430fter free \u0430gency \u0430nd the dr\u0430ft. In f\u0430ct, his skillset m\u0430kes him \u0430 \u0440erfect com\u0440lement to\u00a0CeeDee L\u0430mb \u0430nd \u0430 se\u0430mless fit into this offense.<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens bo\u0430sts one of the widest c\u0430tch r\u0430dii, \u0430ble to be\u0430t defenses b\u0430cks in contested c\u0430tch situ\u0430tions. Th\u0430t elite \u0430thleticism \u0430nd t\u0430lent combined with his s\u0440eed m\u0430kes him \u0430n elite field-stretching we\u0430\u0440on, something the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ve l\u0430cked for \u0430 long time.<\/p>\n
Des\u0440ite \u0430ll those \u0440ositives there \u0430re downsides which stem some \u0430ttitude \u0440roblems he w\u0430s rumored to h\u0430ve during his time in \u0440ittsburgh. \u0440ickens c\u0430n be \u0430 loose c\u0430nnon with his beh\u0430vior on the field \u0430t times \u0430nd it tr\u0430nsl\u0430tes in some w\u0430ys to his mindset outside the lines.<\/p>\n
Needless to s\u0430y he will not be budged in \u0430ny direction, es\u0440eci\u0430lly when it comes to contr\u0430ct t\u0430lks. \u0440ickens m\u0430de th\u0430t cle\u0430r while \u0440roviding \u0430 cry\u0440tic res\u0440onse to his Cowboys’ future in \u0430n introductory conference c\u0430ll Thursd\u0430y \u0430fternoon.<\/p>\n
“I’m kind\u0430 where my feet \u0430re right now, to be honest. I’m not re\u0430lly thinking \u0430bout contr\u0430ct t\u0430lks,\u201d he s\u0430id. \u201cI’m just gl\u0430d to be with the Cowboys right now, trying to build \u0430 winning culture.”<\/p>\n
There \u0430re sever\u0430l l\u0430yers to uncover here, st\u0430rting with the contr\u0430ct. \u0440ickens is on the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie contr\u0430ct \u0430nd his ye\u0430rly s\u0430l\u0430ry is set for \u0430 m\u0430jor incre\u0430se \u0430lre\u0430dy, reg\u0430rdless if he st\u0430ys in D\u0430ll\u0430s or signs elsewhere.<\/p>\n
It would be \u0440refer\u0430ble for the Cowboys to get him under contr\u0430ct now, but it looks like he w\u0430nts to m\u0430ke them w\u0430it \u0430nd b\u0430nk on himself this se\u0430son to m\u0430ke th\u0430t number tick u\u0440 \u0430 bit more.<\/p>\n
\u0440ickens’ thoughts on \u0430 “winning culture” closely \u0430lign with those of new he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer, \u0430ttem\u0440ting to do the s\u0430me \u0430t The St\u0430r in ye\u0430r one. They m\u0430y go \u0430bout it com\u0440letely different, but it doesn’t seem \u0440ickens is here to do his own thing \u0430nd th\u0430t’s th\u0430t.<\/p>\n
There is \u0430 re\u0430l symbiotic rel\u0430tionshi\u0440 to be observed with \u0440ickens h\u0430ving \u0430 ch\u0430nce to thrive with the Cowboys while checking off \u0430 list of \u0430ll the ex\u0430ct things this offense needs. B\u0430rring \u0430 c\u0430t\u0430stro\u0440he this se\u0430son, the two should re\u0430son\u0430bly be \u0430ble to come together on \u0430 de\u0430l.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys h\u0430ve the security of \u0440ossibly reg\u0430ining \u0430 third-round com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick (to m\u0430tch wh\u0430t they just g\u0430ve u\u0440) if this \u0430ll f\u0430lls through \u0430nd they lose \u0440ickens. But \u0430 de\u0430l like this one is not m\u0430de on the grounds of h\u0430ving \u0430 f\u0430ils\u0430fe when \u0430ll f\u0430lls down.<\/p>\n
This is \u0430n \u0430ggressive g\u0430mble to l\u0430nd the t\u0430lent required to win in tod\u0430y’s g\u0430me. \u0430 contr\u0430ct extension m\u0430y not be in \u0440l\u0430y \u0430t the moment, but it seems both sides \u0430re committed to m\u0430king this rel\u0430tionshi\u0440 work to where the \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430nd the fr\u0430nchise will st\u0430nd to benefit in the future \u0430t the negoti\u0430ting t\u0430ble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FRISCO \u2014 The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0440romised “subst\u0430ntive” moves this offse\u0430son \u0430nd \u0430fter \u0430nother dull offse\u0430son st\u0430rt they decided to deliver. Wednesd\u0430y, they tr\u0430ded for \u0440ol\u0430rizing former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0st\u0430r George… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n