Cowboys All-Pro CeeDee Lamb defended George Pickens over his performance in Detroit, with a valid point.
When all the commotion was happening earlier in the week regarding George Pickens' performance in the Dallas Cowboys' loss to the Detroit Lions, there was one player we wanted to hear from.
And that was CeeDee Lamb.
With Dak Prescott, Brian Schottenheimer, and Jerry Jones all in support of Pickens after even what he will tell you wasn't his best game, but the blowback to one game was rather interesting.
Having been playing at an All-Pro level for nearly a month, nothing was said about George or his past in Pittsburgh, but the one time he has a bad game, it all comes flooding back.
Coincidence?
"I just feel like they were waiting on him to have a bad game,” Lamb said. “It was quiet all season when he was averaging 100, 110 [yards], doing crazy things, but the one opportunity that 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 is right, it wasn't all on Pickens, but if we are being honest, it wasn't a good look on the field, so Pickens has to wear that.
But one thing we know about NFL defenses is that if you have to defend two star weapons, that's hard, and one or both will get open eventually.
However, when one gets taken away, the things you are able to do to take that one remaining weapon away increase dramatically.
And for CeeDee, he thinks that played a large role in what transpired in Detroit as well.
“Once one of us go out, the coordinators are very smart, it's not like they stay playing the same coverage," Lamb added. "They're going to lean coverage, they're going to do different things. People understand football. I don't know why people just act like it's just night and day.
"They got jobs too over there, people don't want to get fired, and they know if they let G spin by himself, somebody's getting fired.”
There is truth to that as well.
So, Lamb makes some good points.
But we have also seen other star receivers be doubled and still find ways to impact the game, and several national media shows pointed that out. However, with all the attention on George once Lamb exited the game with a concussion, that then opened up others to feast, like Ryan Flournoy.
So in truth, there are valid points on both sides of this argument, and as I've stated, one bad game doesn't erase the previous 12 good ones from Pickens.
But make no mistake, the grace period is over -- Pickens can't let it happen again.