{"id":81250,"date":"2025-11-18T18:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lamb-and-pickens-cowboys-stars-benched-at-start-of-game\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:27:03","slug":"lamb-and-pickens-cowboys-stars-benched-at-start-of-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nfl\/lamb-and-pickens-cowboys-stars-benched-at-start-of-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb and Pickens, Cowboys Stars, Benched at Start of Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, on the bench due to the coach’s decision in the Cowboys’ victory<\/h2>\n\n\nIn a surprising move, Dallas Cowboys wide receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens were benched for the first series of Monday night’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. The decision was made by the coach, Brian Schottenheimer, who informed the players about the disciplinary measure on the same day.\n\n\n
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“There were a few things that were overlooked, so I had a conversation with those guys and that was easy,” Schottenheimer commented, without going into detail about what had been omitted. “But you see the energy with which those guys play, they literally fueled the offense when they came back. They didn’t hang their heads, they didn’t do any of that. That’s why I love those guys.”<\/p>\n\nBrian Schottenheimer, Cowboys coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nLamb returned to the field on the first play of the Cowboys’ second series, while Pickens did so on the second play of that same series.\n\nLamb finished the game with five receptions for 66 yards and a touchdown. For his part, Pickens tied his personal record with nine receptions, accumulating a total of 144 yards and scoring a 37-yard touchdown thanks to a pass from Dak Prescott.\n\nAfter the game, Lamb avoided giving details about the reason for his initial substitution.\n\n\n

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“I’m not going to elaborate on that. Honestly, I won’t. I’m sorry, I won’t,” Lamb stated.<\/p>\n\nCeeDee Lamb, Cowboys wide receiver<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPickens also did not offer details about what happened.\n\nAfter his score in the second quarter, Pickens received a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct due to his celebration. Schottenheimer noted that Pickens has an energetic playing style, but the goal is to prevent him from going too far.\n\n\n

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“Ves la energ\u00eda con la que juegan esos muchachos, literalmente impulsaron la ofensiva cuando regresaron”, dijo el entrenador de los Cowboys, Brian Schottenheimer. “No bajaron la cabeza, no hicieron nada de eso. Por eso amo a esos muchachos”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nSchottenheimer commented on his relationship with Pickens:\n\n\n
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“We share a little support. But he’s a guy who’s fun to train with. And the energy you see on the field during the game is the way he approaches practice. And that’s what I love about him.”<\/p>\n\nBrian Schottenheimer, Cowboys coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPickens leads the Cowboys in receptions with 58 for 908 yards and seven touchdowns. Lamb has 40 receptions for 557 yards and two touchdowns, although he missed three games due to a sprained ankle.\n\n\n

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“Two elite players who complement each other, who feed off each other’s energy,” Prescott said. “One makes a play, the other wants to make a play. Tonight was fun. As I’ve always said, I just try to get the ball out of my hands and give it to these guys, be like a point guard and let them do what they do best. Tonight was a good example of that.”<\/p>\n\nDak Prescott, Cowboys quarterback<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, on the bench due to the coach’s decision in the Cowboys’ victory In a surprising move, Dallas Cowboys wide receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens were benched for the first series of Monday night’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. The decision was made by the coach, Brian Schottenheimer, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[7772,5526,76,1069],"class_list":{"0":"post-81250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-bench","9":"tag-ceedee-lamb","10":"tag-cowboys","11":"tag-george-pickens"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}