CeeDee Lamb vs. George Pickens? ESPN Hints At Cowboys Future WR Dilemma

This offseason, all of the questions about Dallas Cowboys receivers have been aimed squarely at George Pickens.

Will he play? Will he show up for offseason workouts? 

We haven't heard a peep about CeeDee Lamb...until now.

Honestly, I'm not sure if it is just the offseason and the need to make Dallas a headline, or if there is something more sinister at play here.

But it comes from a piece ESPN's Dan Graziano wrote about the biggest questions of the offseason, and when it came to Dallas, it was why the Cowboys didn't want to sign him to a long-term deal.

However, the big information nugget isn't about George, it's about CeeDee.

"Who knows? If Pickens has another big year and Lamb struggles with his health again, maybe the Cowboys feel differently about both players a year from now," Graziano wrote. "But they've decided the franchise tag is the right way to go with Pickens in 2026."

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Right, hold the phone.

If CeeDee struggles with his health, Dallas could feel differently about him a year from now? Seriously? 

Lamb has played just two full seasons in his career, but he isn't a player I'd consider injury-prone, not a chance.

And our friends at 105.3 The Fan discussed Graziano's Lamb sentence and whether it hints that the Cowboys have an issue with No. 88's availability.

“There's zero indication that they would choose George Pickens over CeeDee Lamb at this point in time," Shan Sharrif said.

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And then it was insider Bobby Belt with his thoughts on it.

"Overreaction from Dan Graziano, it certainly is that," Belt added. "I just hope it wouldn't be an overreaction by the Cowboys and that he's just repeating what somebody told him.

"Where it's well the reason why we want to buy the extra year, and we don't want to commit to Pickens is because we got to see CeeDee's health and then make the determination of which one's staying."

I agree, and it does seem like a big reach to think that the Cowboys, even if Lamb does get injured again in 2026, would have second thoughts about keeping him on the roster.

Let's not forget, CeeDee played through an AC joint sprain for the best part of four or five games in 2024, before being shut down. We know Lamb's toughness is off the charts. Plus, right now, he's the better receiver.

But to even put out the thought that Dallas could potentially be choosing between Lamb and Pickens based on CeeDee's health, to me, is laughable.

And definitely an overreaction.