CeeDee Lamb: ‘I don’t care’ if George Pickens earns more to stay with Cowboys – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
CeeDee Lamb wants George Pickens to stay in Dallas.
SAN FRANCISCO – The biggest talking point of the offseason for the Cowboys is George Pickens’ pending free agency.
Already in the wide receiver room, CeeDee Lamb is making $34 million per year after signing a four-year, $136 million extension before the 2024 season. After Pickens’ career best year in 2025 that featured the third-most receiving yards in the league with 1,429 and nine touchdowns, he could be in line for a similar amount of money, if
not more.
So how would Lamb feel if his counterpart ends up making more than he does?
“I don’t care about that, I just want my man to get what he deserves,” Lamb said on San Antonio’s Sports Star radio station at the Super Bowl’s radio row. “As for me, I know I’m good. I’m fine. Me and my family, we’re straight, and I just want to compete at the highest level and I want to compete for a ring.”
Lamb and Pickens combined for 2,506 receiving yards in 2025, over half of the Cowboys’ total passing offense for the season. With that kind of performance together comes a big paycheck, in Lamb’s eyes.
“The money will come if you play good, so just play good and let everything else take care of itself,” Lamb said. “As for GP, he’s well deserving. He deserves every penny that he gets. And if he gets more than me, I’m going to congratulate him on that.”
Cowboys hire WR coach, dismiss Underwood in latest coaching shakeup – Angel Torres, Cowboys Wire
Dallas continues to revamp its coaching staff.
The Cowboys continue to tweak their coaching staff, but the defensive side of the ball isn’t the only part of the team receiving attention. Dallas has shifted a few things on offense, too, hiring former Browns assistant wide receivers coach Stephen Bravo-Brown.
In a corresponding move, Dallas has dismissed Assistant WR coach Tiquan Underwood of his duties, almost a year to the day of his initial hiring. Junior Adams is still listed as the team’s primary WR coach.
Bravo-Brown has experience coaching on defense, but as Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star Telegram reports, his addition is not expected to be a part of new defensive coordinator Christian Parker’s defense.
The Cowboys just got the coach they needed to fix one of the team’s biggest weaknesses – Mauricio Rodriguez and Travis May, AtoZ Sports
Hiring outside linebackers coach Chidera Uzo-Diribe was a smart move by Dallas.
Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker is cooking with fire as he continues to build his very own defensive staff. And the most recent hire is another example of it.
That’s because he’s adding someone who is much more than just a position coach. He’s a National Championship-winning coach who is considered a rising star and that has developed a lot of NFL talent while at Georgia and other universities. Let’s dive in.
Cowboys hire new OLB coach
The Cowboys announced Wednesday they officially hired Chidera Uzo-Diribe, who previously coached the same position with the Georgia Bulldogs, as their new outside linebackers coach. Important disclaimer: In this context, outside linebackers means pretty much the same as edge rushers. As defenses continue to lean toward hybrid defensive fronts, an outside linebacker is pretty much the same as a defensive end in a four-man front defense.
As a former player himself, Uzo-Diribe has led some very productive units and sent players to the pros. At 33 years old, he now joins the NFL’s ranks looking to do the same.
And boy, do the Cowboys need him to. Since trading away Micah Parsons, the Cowboys’ pass rush hasn’t been the same in the edges. Though coverage was mediocre at best in 2025, the lack of QB pressure didn’t help one bit. Uzo-Diribe will get to work with Donovan Ezeiruaku, who had a promising rookie year in 2025 but still needs to get better.
Marcus Dixon, Chidera Uzo-Diribe give Cowboys elite coaching duo in the trenches – David Howman, Blogging The Boys
Defensive coordinator Christian Parker has done a masterful putting his staff together.
Football starts in the trenches. That fundamental truth has been repeated so often it’s become a Hall of Fame coachspeak example. And yet, it remains a constant in football.
Brian Schottenheimer seemed to understand that when he built out his offensive staff a year ago. Klayton Adams took the reins as offensive coordinator after spending years coaching the offensive line. He then paired Adams with Conor Riley, who had overseen several talented linemen jump from Kansas State to the league, including Cowboys center Cooper Beebe.
Now, Christian Parker seems to be taking a similar approach to his defensive staff.
A day after the Cowboys added Marcus Dixon to coach the defensive line, they landed Chidera Uzo-Diribe to coach the outside linebackers, a position the franchise has never had on their staff. In landing these two coaches, Parker has now found two individuals with strong backgrounds who can help fortify this Dallas defense in the trenches.
Dixon is an exciting hire for two main reasons. He has direct ties to Parker, as the two served together on the Broncos staff for two seasons, which means Dixon is familiar with the Vic Fangio scheme that Parker has cut his teeth in. But Dixon also spent the past two years in Minnesota, working under defensive coordinator Brian Flores to create one of the best defenses in the league over that span.
While with the Vikings, Dixon worked alongside an outside linebackers coach as well, former Browns head coach Mike Pettine. For the most part, Pettine operated as a pass rush specialist and an idea guy for Flores in drawing up exotic blitz packages, something Pettine was experienced with after serving as Rex Ryan’s top assistant with the Jets.
Dixon, meanwhile, focused more on specific techniques for the defensive line, especially in stopping the run. That was similar to his tenure in Denver, where there was also an outside linebackers coach. And when Dixon came to Minnesota, his skills were in serious demand.
