FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys finally got a Robin for their Batman. Wideout CeeDee Lamb is that Batman, and, after a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers, George Pickens is now his Robin.
It's hoped that the addition of Pickens will relieve some of the pressure from Lamb and open up the passing game for quarterback Dak Prescott.
The move to add Pickens comes at a sort of cost, though, and it means that last season's WR2 will move down a notch on the depth chart.
Jalen Tolbert caught 49 passes for 610 yards and seven touchdowns a season ago, and won’t benefit statistically from being relegated to WR3 with less attention from defenses.
Still …
Tolbert appears to be a big fan of the Pickens move, and noted he found out about it like most of the rest of us.
"I actually was at the facility. I mean, I love it…" Tolbert said when asked how he found out about the trade via DallasCowboys.com. "I've known GP for a while, it adds more firepower to us, honestly that's what we need. That's going to be the fun part because you can't guard all three of us or four or five, whoever is out there."
Lamb and Pickens are expected to complement each other, and with each player possessing a strong personality, it should be fun to watch.
Some even predict that the duo could produce a historical offense in 2025 if both wideouts can eclipse the 1,000-yard mark.
If so?
It would be just the fourth time in Cowboys history that a receiver tandem achieved that. Terrell Owens and Terry Glenn did it in 2006, and Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup achieved it in 2019.
And Tolbert? He’d be left with the WR3 job … and maybe able to pitch in to the high -powered offense in that role.