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Cowboys Release New Depth Chart As 'Difficult Decisions' at Receiver Loom
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The Dallas Cowboys receiver room right now is giving head coach Brian Schottenheimer and the personnel department a lot of headaches - but in a good way, if there is such a thing.

Yes, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens are top of the pile, but behind them, it is rather jumbled.

KaVontae Turpin could easily be seen as the third receiver, so too Jalen Tolbert. But behind them are Jonathan Mingo, Jalen Brooks, Ryan Flournoy, and Traeshon Holden.

Will the Cowboys carry five receivers? Or six? Either way, players are going to miss out and might even land on the practice squad.

You can see the crowd in the new depth chart released on Tuesday ...

And for offensive coordinator Klayton Adams, he is loving the competition. ... at receiver (and beyond) ...

“It's been fun to watch that group," Adams said. "That's really what you're trying to build in every room is a lot of really difficult decisions for the personnel guys and the coaching staff and incredible amounts of competition. So that being what we want this team and organization to be 100% about is competition, that's our calling card, is what the receiving room is doing right now, and making it very difficult for people to figure out who's going to be what number, whatever. I love it, I think it's great."

For most, it is Turpin and Tolbert occupying the third and fourth receiver spot (in any order), with Mingo and then possibly Brooks making up the group as part of special teams.

Still, that will mean Flournoy and Holden will be the ones to miss out, which is why the next two weeks of practice and the preseason games are going to be vital to the final outcome of the room.

Who will see their stock rise and who will fall?

Schottenheimer wanted competition, and when it comes to the receiver room, boy, he got it.

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

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