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CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens benched: Why Cowboys WRs sat out first drive on Monday Night Football vs. Raiders

The Dallas Cowboys returned from their bye on Monday night in a battle with the Las Vegas Raiders , but two of their best players had to wait a bit to join their teammates.

The Cowboys received the kickoff to start the game, but CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens didn't play on the offense's first drive of the game. While Dallas went nowhere, the story quickly became about Lamb and Pickens, the Cowboys' top two wide receivers.

Here's why both Lamb and Pickens didn't play on Dallas' first offensive drive.

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Why were CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens not playing?

As the Cowboys offense took the field to begin

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