{"id":55275,"date":"2025-06-12T02:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55275"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:22:30","slug":"george-pickens-just-revealed-something-about-the-cowboys-offense-that-fans-will-be-fired-up-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55275","title":{"rendered":"George Pickens just revealed something about the Cowboys offense that fans will be fired up about"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_102457223\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>There&#8217;s not much we know about\u00a0Brian Schottenheimer&#8217;s plans\u00a0for the 2025\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0offense.<\/p>\n<p>But wide receiver\u00a0George Pickens\u00a0offered some insight during mandatory minicamp when he was asked about what stood out the most from Schottenheimer in his first practices with the team.<\/p>\n<p>And what he said is the kind of things fans get fired up for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of motions, a lot of things that give you an indicator on what the defense is doing before you say hike,&#8221; Pickens told reporters on Wednesday. &#8220;A lot of coaches don&#8217;t do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For years now, Cowboys fans have pleaded for the offense to feature motion. Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy offered flashes of it throughout their tenures as playcallers in Dallas but it was never consistent enough and disappeared at times. A big part of the frustration with the playoff loss to the\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0in Jan. 2024 was how static the offense became after consistently finding success with motion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_102457224\" class=\"article_chunk type_19\">\n<div class=\"video-iframe\"><iframe id=\"ytplayer_4794106\" class=\"ytplayer\" title=\"George Pickens: We Help Each Other Every Day | Dallas Cowboys 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDryaAyZZIY?showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_102457225\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Now granted, not because you use motion means you&#8217;re maximizing it. First of all, pre-snap motion is different than motion at the snap, and the latter has been less common in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Though Pickens focused on pointing out how motion can help identify what the defense is doing (by checking if it&#8217;s zone or man defense), the best play callers in the league manage to gain leverage for their receivers&#8217; routes.\u00a0Andy Reid\u00a0is a master at this. If all Schottenheimer is doing with motion is doing coverage ID, then this really isn&#8217;t that big of a deal, though it would at least be something.<\/p>\n<p>For now though, it&#8217;s something to look out for and will say a lot about Schottenheimer as a play caller. In the meantime Pickens continues to get ready for the 2025 season by connecting with\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0and learning the offense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s getting better and better every time\u2014learning the plays the more I&#8217;m here, and then getting the minutiae of how he wants to run his plays,&#8221; Pickens said about his relationship with Dak. &#8220;We&#8217;re connecting for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author_bio\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s not much we know about\u00a0Brian Schottenheimer&#8217;s plans\u00a0for the 2025\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0offense. 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