CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens
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Dallas Cowboys wide receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.
The Dallas Cowboys faced 3rd-and-long on their first series of Week 11 on Monday Night Football against the Las Vegas Raiders.
It was a perfect situation to have 2 of the NFL’s best wide receivers, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, running downfield trying to catch the ball.
Instead, Lamb and Pickens watched from the sidelines as Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott scrambled to his right, almost threw an interception and forced Dallas to punt.
Neither Lamb or Pickens saw the field on the first series, standing and watching together per a decision by Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
“There have been issues with both players as far as effort in the past,” MNF color commentator and 3-time Super Bowl champion quarterback said. “This might be (head coach) Brian Schottenheimer sending a message.”
The Cowboys told ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters it was a “coach’s decision” not to play Pickens and Lamb on the first series and when Salters asked if it was punishment, she was told Schottenheimer would have to address the issue as it was his decision.
“Cowboys WRsCeeDee Lamb andGeorge Pickens spent Dallas’ opening series on the bench,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote on his official X account.
“Breaking:CeeDee Lamb andGeorge Pickens both weren’t on the field AT ALL in Dallas’ first drive,” Sleeper HQ’s Arye Pulli wrote on his official X account. “Cowboys PR told the broadcast that it was a coaches decision. Seems disciplinary.”
“It was a coach’s decision to have Cowboys WRsCeeDee Lamb andGeorge Pickens miss the first series,” The Fort Worth Star Telegram’s Nick Harris wrote on his official X account. “It was not injury related. As it was communicated to me, ‘they missed some things.’ “