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Year two of CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens together is going to be a whole lot of fun.
Patrik: ‘Tis a great question, it is. In looking around the league, in both conferences I’m hard-pressed to find a more potent duo at WR than CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. This isn’t a biased take, but rather the science of the situation. Lamb and Pickens are not WR1 and WR2. They are two true WR1s that are also led by an All-Pro quarterback who, if not for a historically-bad defense in 2025, might’ve been in the MVP conversation (again). Everyone knows what Lamb can do, and that’s why he’s one of the best in the league at the position, regardless of who you ask.
What many were hoping to find out is what Pickens can be, and that answer was carved in stone with a 1,400+ yard season (with nine TDs) in Dallas that led to his first-ever Pro Bowl nod and and a Second-team All-Pro honor. I’ll stop short, at the moment, of saying they’re the No. 1 WR duo in all the land — mainly because the sample size for what Pickens did last season is small as compared to, say, the top two guys in a Rams uniform. But I’d put them higher than Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, squeezing them right into the No. 2 spot.
Mickey: Can’t imagine any lower than Top 5 in the NFL. Think about it, two Pro Bowl receivers in 2025 on the same team, and CeeDee Lamb achieved that recognition when limited to just 14 games but still producing 1,077 receiving yards while Pickens earned his first Pro Bowl selection by picking up the slack in Lamb’s absence, finishing with career-highs of 93 catches, 1,429 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. Who else can match those numbers? Only two other teams had two 1,000-yard receivers in 2025, Detroit with Amon-Ra St. Brown (1,401) and Jameson Williams (1,117) and Philadelphia with Devonta Smith (1,008) and A.J. Brown (1,003), no longer with the Eagles.
The Jonathan Bullard signing is way under the radar right now, but the veteran defensive end could be a key part of the DL rotation.
Jonathan Bullard
Jonathan Bullard signed a one-year deal with Dallas back in March.
Bullard, 32, is a 10-year veteran, having entered the NFL as a third-round pick of the Bears in 2016.
He has also played for the Cardinals, Seahawks, Falcons, Vikings and Saints.
In 2025, Bullard appeared in 15 games for New Orleans, starting six, and tallied 26 tackles, four tackles for loss and two pass breakups.
Bullard will reunite with his former defensive line coach, Marcus Dixon, who coached him with the Vikings in 2024. Bullard started...
