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Cowboys 1st Look In Photos at 'Goodfellas' Lamb and Pickens Eye '1,000-Yard Club'
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Coach Brian Schottenheimer has a chance to oversee an offense that can produce two 1,000-yard receivers in his new and hopefully improved offense with the Dallas Cowboys. 

The talent is here.

So is the challenge.

During the five-year Mike McCarthy era, Dallas had high-powered offenses at times but never had two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season.

The last time the Cowboys had two receivers eclipse 1,000 yards during the same season was in 2019 with Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup. 

But now?

With CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens now in the fold, the Dallas wide receiver room looks poised to once again challenge itself toward accomplishing the feat.

Prior to trading for Pickens, the Cowboys had a clear need for a dangerous No. 2 receiver that would take some of the load off the shoulders of Lamb.

With the deal done, the "Goodfellas'' - as Pickens labeled the pair on social media - are trying to change the way the pecking order is considered.

"Oh no, we're both 1's," Lamb said last weekend. "It ain't no A/B, none of that, it's 1, you look over there you see 1, you look over here, you see another 1. So do what you gotta do with that."

To Lamb's point, we got our first look at Lamb and Pickens on the field with QB Dak Prescott on Tuesday with CowboysCountry.com's Mike Fisher positioned inside The Star ... and with Pickens donning a No. 13 jersey.

How did it all look?

Here's Dak and his weapons ...

And here's Pickens during and after a hard day's work ...

Pickens certainly has an argument to being a No. 1 receiver in his own right as he steadily improved each of his three seasons in Pittsburgh despite questionable quarterback play and a scheme that maybe didn’t fit his skillset. (Oh, and his own behavioral issues.)

In Dallas, Pickens will be playing with the best quarterback he has played with in his young career with Pro Bowler Dak Prescott at the helm.

Lamb and Pickens - as was the case at OTAs on Tuesday - will feed off each other’s presence as both will see more one-on-one matchups resulting in opposing defenses being in a pick your poison scenario.

The look? So far, so good. And maybe a lot a combined yardage in the "Goodfellas'' future.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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