George Pickens has been the Dallas Cowboys ‘ top receiver in 2025. His fellow receiver and long-time Dallas receiver CeeDee Lamb has also seen Pickens run routes like no other. But all it took was one poor game for Pickens to be at the center of criticism. However, before the Cowboys play the Minnesota Vikings this week, Lamb has come forward in the receiver’s defense.

“I just feel like they were waiting on him to have a bad game. It was quiet all season, and he was averaging 100, 110, doing crazy things, but the one opportunity that he got, he didn’t step up to their appreciation, and I feel like for us to come out victorious it wasn’t just all on him,” Lamb said on criticism of Pickens’ poor game against the Lions.

No doubt the Detroit Lions were prepared for Pickens. In 13

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