Cowboys’ former head coach weighs in on Pickens trade

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Jason Garrett was interviewed by Pro Football Talk about the George Pickens trade, where he praised the Cowboys for making the move. He broke down how Pickens fits alongside CeeDee Lamb, Dak Prescott, and the Cowboys’ offense as a whole. Garrett also highlighted how Dallas’ overall talent level is "sneaky good." He provided insight into Pickens’ past attitude issues and explained how playing with a stable quarterback like Dak could help turn things around.

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00:00how will jerry jones view the antics of the diva wide receiver coming in this is the kind of guy

00:23that jerry jones loves jerry jones loves the george pickens he loves the guy who's talented

00:28maybe troubled somewhere else we can try to create the right environment for them and uh and get the

00:35most out of them that's why the cowboys through the years have picked a lot of guys that were deemed

00:40to be first round talent in the second round maybe they had an injury maybe they had a character flaw

00:46let's give this guy a chance and see if we can we can get the best out of them sometimes it works

00:52sometimes it doesn't i think a lot has to do with uh the environment around the guy at the time

00:58i felt like when i was the head coach there we drafted a lot of really really good players

01:03who are also great people tyron smith travis frederick zach martin dak prescott these kinds

01:10of guys they could help you absorb maybe a couple of these guys that weren't quite the character guy

01:17that you want they weren't the boy scout necessarily but when you have a lot of other great people

01:23around them who kind of show them the way they stick out like a sore thumb if they start doing

01:27the other stuff and and oftentimes that can help them change their ways so i think jerry's probably

01:32feels like this is an environment where they can do that and they see the talent and they see how

01:37we can help the offense so they say let's take a shot vach lombardi tweeted something yesterday

01:43kind of connected with garrett to what garrett just said you don't build a leadership culture

01:49to keep divas out you build leadership so they can lead the divas

01:54it's very much to try to find help you understand what you can help you know fuck it's sound like

02:00what you want you think so now is you can help the limit the left of your wing

02:08well by that we're going to gain the hollowbrief for you but i hope you can help you see the

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