And it’s that exact chemistry Prescott believes will allow Pickens to seamlessly transition to all that comes with being WR1 for the Cowboys until Lamb can return to action in the near future.
“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.”
He went on to describe an example from Thursday’s practice to illustrate his point.
“A conversation we just had out there today was one that was needed after a couple of incompletions on a certain ball — just getting back at it and us having the same mindset of how we’re gonna attack that route,” said Prescott. “He’s a great player. I told you all that from the time he showed up. These receivers, guys like George CD, they make it easy for that chemistry to grow.
“They go do their job and I just talk to them a little bit about what I expect here, what I expect there, and they go make plays; and so I’m looking just to continue to build on what we’ve only started.”
There is simply no overstating the magnitude of the loss of Lamb by the Cowboys’ offense, but the trade for Pickens has a chance at proving more fortuitous and wise than even initially believed, but that starts with trying to stun the world and upset the Packers at AT&T Stadium under the primetime lights.
Without Lamb on the field, Pickens expects defenses to cover him very differently, but he’s also not exactly shying away from the smoke.
“Oh yeah, most definitely,” he said. “I love that.”