Now healthy, Cowboys’ Prescott ‘blessed’ entering season 10 - Todd Archer, ESPN.com
Where has the time gone that Dak Prescott is entering year ten already?
Entering his 10th season, Dak Prescott is now the longest-tenured member of the Dallas Cowboys with the retirement of Zack Martin and the free agent loss of DeMarcus Lawrence.
“It’s amazing how fast it happens, yeah,” Prescott said after the second organized team activity of the Cowboys’ offseason program on Tuesday. “Not taking anything for granted.”
He joked his teammates call him the uncle.
Prescott, who turns 32 in July, was a fourth-round pick in 2016 and started all 122 games he has played. His 2024 season was cut short after eight games because of a hamstring avulsion that required surgery.
While not cleared for full contact yet, Prescott took part in all aspects of Tuesday’s OTA, taking every first-team rep in seven-on-seven drills.
“Pretty much can do it all. Feel good,” Prescott said. “Yeah, I think I’m just not cleared for contact, which we’ve got a while for that anyways. Yeah, I’m out there in the team activities, feel good. Just trying to stay that way.”
CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens on building chemistry, complimenting each other - Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
The new dynamic duo for the Dallas Cowboys spoke to the media for the first time as a tandem.
“Giving him the little things that I learned as far as my first year in the league and just passing him what I could while I could,” Lamb said of their first interactions “It’s crazy how these come full circle, having him on the team now, we’re catching up on everything that we left off.”
The catching up began with the Cowboys’ OTAs that began on Monday, as Pickens hit the practice field for the first time with his new teammates. The reaction to his trade from the Steelers is behind him, and he’s focused on what’s ahead.
“Everything is kind of a business… So I wasn’t really too shocked or too excited,” Pickens said of his reaction to the trade. “I was just ready to work.”
Lamb and Pickens have already spent a lot of time together and are working to build their relationship further, from participating in Cardinals QB Kyler Murray’s charity softball event to working off to the side with WRs coach Junior Adams in practice. It’s all the building blocks for what they both hope will build into a duo that plays well off one another.
“We compliment each other very well,” Lamb said. “He’s a tall figure, his ability to go up and get the ball at the highest point is amazing… He’s up there with the [best] guys in the league as far as 50/50 balls, deep threat, anything as far as running routes, it’s pretty good. It’s good to see.”
Eagles WR A.J. Brown on Cowboys’ trade for George Pickens: ‘We’re going to have to worry about them’ - Kevin Patra, NFL.com
The Cowboys' trade to get George Pickens didn’t go unnoticed among players in the division.
In the NFC East arms race, the Dallas Cowboys acquired their second receiving weapon, trading for George Pickens. It’s a move that even rival Philadelphia Eagles receiver A.J. Brown respects.
“I like that, I ain’t gonna lie,” Brown said during a recent discussion with fans, via his YouTube channel.
The reigning Super Bowl champion wideout said despite the Cowboys coming off a 7-10 season, the Pickens acquisition is another reminder that they can’t take a division rival lightly.
“We’re going to have to worry about (Dallas), for sure,” he said. “We’re going to have to worry about them. No, I like the trade. I do like the trade. I like the competition. I like George Pickens, I like CeeDee Lamb. And they collab. It’s going to be exciting to watch. Because all that does is bring the best out of us. So, if we know how they coming, we are going to have to step it up.”
The Cowboys trade gives the NFC East another star wideout pairing. The Eagles tandem of Brown and DeVonta Smith might be the best in all of football. The Washington Commanders acquired Deebo Samuel to pair with star Terry McLaurin. The Cowboys duo of Lamb and Pickens could threaten Philly’s combo if the latter hits the ground running. The Giants are behind but have headliner Malik Nabers.
The Eagles walloped the Cowboys twice last season, winning by a combined score of 75-13 over the Dak Prescott-less Dallas squad. However, Brown noted that division games remain the toughest, even in blowouts.
Bold prediction: Cowboys’ RB Jaydon Blue will have 1,000 all-purpose yards as a rookie - Brian Martin, Blogging the Boys
The rookie running back could play a significant role in Brian Schottenheimer’s offense.
The former Texas Longhorns RB is a little diminutive by NFL standards, coming in at just 5’9”, 196-pounds, but what he lacks in size he makes up for in speed and elusiveness. It’s those two traits that could earn him an important and versatile role in Dallas’ offense this season.
We could sit here and throw all kinds of stats at you to show the Cowboys offense lacked explosive plays a season ago, but what’s the point? We all know they struggled picking up chunk plays last year in both the passing and running game. If Jaydon Blue is the player we believe he is, lack of explosive plays should be a thing of the past.
While it’s true its way too early to know what kind of role Blue will play with the Cowboys in his rookie season, we still believe he could be a big part of the game plan on a week-to-week basis. In fact, we’re going to make the bold prediction he amasses 1,000 all-purpose yards in his first season in the NFL.
With weapons the Cowboys now have in the passing game (CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, Jake Ferguson) and the belief the offensive line will be much improved this year, things set up perfectly for Blue to blow up the stat line this season as both a runner and receiver out of the backfield.
We base this line of thinking mostly around what Miami Dolphins RB De’Von Achane was able accomplish in his rookie season. He rushed for a total of 800 yards on 103 carries and caught 27 passes for 197 yards, finishing three measly yards shy of 1,000 all-purpose yards in 2023.
Achane was able to accomplish all of that after playing a 11 total games as a rookie, starting only four of those contest. In his first year with the Dolphins he played a little over a quarter of the offensive snaps (27.32%), which could be similar to how the Cowboys plan on utilizing Blue in his rookie year.