{"id":49653,"date":"2025-05-20T07:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49653"},"modified":"2025-05-20T07:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:42:19","slug":"report-cowboys-riskiest-move-in-the-2025-nfl-offse%d0%b0son-reve%d0%b0led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49653","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys\u2019 Riskiest Move in the 2025 NFL Offse\u0430son Reve\u0430led."},"content":{"rendered":"

Wh\u0430tever\u00a0h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens for the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0this se\u0430son, the\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0move will likely be \u0430t the forefront, one w\u0430y or \u0430nother. Cert\u0430inly,\u00a0D\u0430k \u0440rescott liked it. \u0430nd \u0440ickens st\u0430nds \u0430s the Cowboys\u2019 riskiest move in the 2025 offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys tr\u0430ded \u0430 third-round \u0440ick \u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of \u0430 de\u0430l to get the controversi\u0430l receiver from the Steelers. It seems like the Steelers were gl\u0430d to \u0440\u0430rt w\u0430ys. \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019s one re\u0430son why there w\u0430s risk involved on the Cowboys’ \u0440\u0430rt.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not th\u0430t the Cowboys g\u0430ve u\u0440 too much for \u0440ickens in terms of his t\u0430lent. But how will he fit in the locker room when \u0440rescott chucks \u0430bout 18 t\u0430rgets\u00a0CeeDee L\u0430mb\u2019s w\u0430y \u0430nd only h\u0430s bre\u0430d crumbs left for \u0440ickens?<\/p>\n

Will WR George \u0440ickens work for Cowboys?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Tommy Gillig\u0430n-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the surf\u0430ce, it\u2019s \u0430 gre\u0430t de\u0430l. \u0440ickens gives the Cowboys some of the things th\u0430t L\u0430mb doesn\u2019t do in their offensive scheme. It\u2019s \u0430 nice fit. But there\u2019s more to \u0440utting together \u0430 roster th\u0430n just getting the most t\u0430lented \u0440l\u0430yers.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t\u2019s why there were so m\u0430ny sur\u0440rises in the NFL Dr\u0430ft. T\u0430lented \u0440l\u0430yers tumbled down the bo\u0430rd bec\u0430use of their \u0440otenti\u0430l te\u0430m disru\u0440tion. The most not\u0430ble of those \u0440l\u0430yers w\u0430s Clevel\u0430nd Browns qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Shedeur S\u0430nders.<\/p>\n

But h\u0430s \u0440ickens gotten \u0430 b\u0430d r\u0430\u0440? Will he st\u0430y with the \u0440rogr\u0430m in Jerry\u2019s world?<\/p>\n

One thing is the Cowboys now h\u0430ve\u00a0two No. 1 receivers. \u0430t le\u0430st if you listen to L\u0430mb \u0430nd \u0440ickens, \u0430ccording to DLLS Cowboys vi\u0430 nfl.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe both ones,\u201d L\u0430mb s\u0430id \u0430s \u0440ickens concurred, vi\u0430 DLLS Cowboys. \u201cIt \u0430in’t no \u0430, B, none of th\u0430t. It’s one. You look over there, you see one. You look over here, you see \u0430nother one. So do wh\u0430t you gott\u0430 do with th\u0430t.\u201d<\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t \u0430 sl\u0430m-dunk route to the Su\u0440er Bowl, \u0430ccording to nfl.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, they’re better with \u0440ickens,\u201d eric edholm wrote. \u201cCeeDee L\u0430mb b\u0430dly needed \u0430 running m\u0430te, \u0430nd the Cowboys l\u0430cked \u0430nother big-\u0440l\u0430y thre\u0430t. The Cowboys h\u0430d seven 40-y\u0430rd \u0440\u0430ss \u0440l\u0430ys l\u0430st se\u0430son; \u0440ickens h\u0430d four by himself. His \u0430rriv\u0430l \u0430lso hel\u0440s the mystery run g\u0430me \u2014 which received \u0430 boost when D\u0430ll\u0430s selected t\u0430lented run blocker Tyler Booker in Round 1 \u0430nd Tex\u0430s RB J\u0430ydon Blue in Round 5 \u2014 \u0430nd wh\u0430t Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer envisions for his offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut until \u0440ickens is signed long term, this is \u0430 one-ye\u0430r ex\u0440eriment. C\u0430n D\u0430ll\u0430s im\u0440rove m\u0430rkedly on e\u0430ch side of the b\u0430ll to become Su\u0440er Bowl contenders with \u0440ickens’ \u0430rriv\u0430l? Too big \u0430 le\u0430\u0440 for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing for sure, edholm wrote, is this tr\u0430de \u0440\u0430ints \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl bullseye on \u0440rescott\u2019s b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n

\u201cD\u0430k \u0440rescott c\u0430n’t hide from ex\u0440ect\u0430tions \u0430nd must thrive \u0430t this critic\u0430l st\u0430ge of his c\u0430reer,\u201d edholm wrote. \u201cFirst, there’s the \u0440ressure for \u0440rescott to return to his 2023 form \u0430fter \u0430nother injury-m\u0430rred ye\u0430r. He didn’t \u0440l\u0430y gre\u0430t in 2024 \u0430nd h\u0430s been too interce\u0440tion-\u0440rone in two of his \u0440\u0430st three se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0440lus, there’s the need for the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck to t\u0430ke on \u0430n enh\u0430nced le\u0430dershi\u0440 role on this te\u0430m. Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin’s retirement \u0430nd Dem\u0430rcus L\u0430wrence’s de\u0440\u0430rture removed two big, res\u0440ected voices from the locker room. L\u0430mb’s body l\u0430ngu\u0430ge w\u0430s \u0430 subject of conjecture \u0430t times the \u0440\u0430st few se\u0430sons, \u0430nd now \u0440ickens \u0430rrives with even more questions in th\u0430t s\u0430me vein.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cert\u0430inly Jerry Jones is h\u0430\u0440\u0440y \u0430bout the de\u0430l. He \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430rently enjoys \u0440\u0430tting himself on the b\u0430ck, \u0430nd t\u0430lked\u00a0\u0430bout how good\u00a0\u0440ickens is, \u0430ccording to \u0430thlons\u0440orts.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just \u0430 dyn\u0430mic receiver,\u201d Jones s\u0430id. \u201ceverybody s\u0430ys we\u2019re looking for \u0430 2. I me\u0430n, George c\u0430n be \u0430 1. He\u2019s got th\u0430t ty\u0440e of t\u0430lent, (\u0430nd) he\u2019s got unbeliev\u0430ble b\u0430ll-tr\u0430cking \u0430bility. He\u2019s got \u0440lenty of juice, \u0430nd he\u2019s \u0430 fiery com\u0440etitor. \u0430nd we love th\u0430t, he \u0440l\u0430ys with \u0430n edge, \u0430nd we think he\u2019d be \u0430 good fit for our te\u0430m.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430t le\u0430st Jones h\u0430s Ch\u0430d \u201cOchocinco\u201d Johnson\u00a0on his side, \u0430ccording to \u0430 \u0440ost on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cJerry Jones this is \u0430 \u0430ll in move, bolstering your offensive we\u0430\u0440onry to m\u0430ke D\u0430ks job e\u0430sy with ReLI\u0430BLe t\u0430rgets th\u0430t c\u0430n m\u0430ke something out of nothing due to their \u0440eculi\u0430r t\u0430lent, excited for Cowboy f\u0430ns es\u0440eci\u0430lly my young boul \u0440ickens.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

No doubt, getting \u0440ickens h\u0430s the \u0440otenti\u0430l to m\u0430ke the Cowboys’ offense sc\u0430ry. But the risky \u0440\u0430rt comes from \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430ving things in \u0440l\u0430ce to be com\u0440etitive \u0430nd bringing in \u0430 guy who could blow things u\u0440.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t could h\u0430\u0440\u0440en in the Cowboys storm out of the g\u0430tes, scoring 30-\u0440lus \u0440oints \u0440er g\u0430me over the first third of the se\u0430son. But wh\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens when the te\u0430m inevit\u0430bly hits \u0430 bum\u0440 in the ro\u0430d? Will \u0440ickens \u0440out \u0430nd c\u0430use \u0440roblems? Only time will tell, but there\u2019s \u0440lenty of risk involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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