Cowboys

Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb missed Week 4 with an ankle injury, which caused WR George Pickens to have an increased role. Pickens said all of their receivers understand they need to step up in Lamb’s absence.

“You can tell a person that’s missing,” Pickens said, via Patrik Walker of the team’s site. “But we’ve always got to show up for Dak — all the other receivers as well. We’re just trying to stay on the same page, and hoping [Lamb’s] recovery goes well.”

Pickens feels he has a “great opportunity” to showcase his skills and did so in the tie with the Packers on Sunday night.

“Oh, it’s a great opportunity,” Pickens said. “I already kind of showcased, but I just want to show up for Dak, and show for the team and get a dub. … I just have to make plays, run the right routes and, you know, show up for Dak.”

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is comfortable with the timing he’s established with Pickens so far and feels “very confident” in the receiver.

“Yeah, it’s where we need it to be on this point,” Prescott said of his timing and telepathy with Pickens. “Obviously, there’s always gonna be growth. That’s with any receiver. Anybody that I play with, we’re never complacent, and we’re always gonna push it. I’m very comfortable, and very confident, in what he’s gonna do, where I expect him to be, and where he expects the ball. Those communications are continuously happening.”

Eagles

Eagles OC Kevin Patullo doesn’t like the fact that the team’s offense is being labeled as conservative.

“I wouldn’t say conservative is the word,” Patullo said, via Eagles Wire. “I think when those things happen, like we went three-and-out, obviously, a few times. You look at, ‘Okay, where was the drive starting? What was the breakdown on the play? What happened? How do we stop this? How do we get out of this? So, I think when we look back on it, there’s obviously things we can always learn from that, but you don’t go into it saying like, ‘Hey, I got to be really conservative here.’ That’s definitely not something you want to do. I think it’s just a matter of going forward, learning from those moments, and how to get ourselves out of those situations.”

• Eagles WR A.J. Brown on the team’s offense and their second-half surge last week: “Those are my feelings, and I expressed those to the world. But if it doesn’t go that way, everybody says, ‘A.J.’s not happy!’ But the goal is to win the game, and obviously we want to do that first. It just took too long for us as an offense to adjust and be more aggressive. When one thing’s not working, let’s not keep hitting our head against the wall and see if it’s going to work.” (Zach Berman)
• Brown believes the team needs to utilize the passing game to open up running lanes for RB...