Cowboys coach to meet with George Pickens after fiery exchange with Richard Sherman over criticism

Dallas Cowboys manager Brian Schottenheimer has vowed to measurement successful amid a feud betwixt 1 of the team's prima wide receivers and a erstwhile NFL cornerback.

The Cowboys fell to 6-6-1 connected the play aft dropping Thursday night’s crippled to the Detroit Lions. The 44-30 nonaccomplishment enactment Dallas’ playoff hopes successful jeopardy. Former Seattle Seahawks prima and existent NFL expert Richard Sherman was connected manus for the Prime Video broadcast and suggested George Pickens looked "uninterested" and took a "disengaged" position.

Pickens caught upwind of Sherman’s critique and fired backmost connected societal media, wherever helium directed a bid of names and insults astatine the retired antiaircraft back. Pickens aboriginal appeared to delete the post, but his archetypal actions inactive prompted Schottenheimer to perpetrate to addressing the concern with the wideout.

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Dallas Cowboys caput manager Brian Schottenheimer during the 2nd fractional against the Detroit Lions astatine Ford Field. (Lon Horwedel/Imagn Images)

"I'm alert of what was supposedly enactment retired there," Schottenheimer told reporters connected Friday. "I've not talked to him yet. I recognize it's been taken down, but I volition beryllium talking to him, conscionable checking connected him. Again, this is unluckily things that we woody with successful this profession. But I person not spoken to him, but I will."

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Pickens finished Thursday’s crippled with 37 receiving yards. While the erstwhile Georgia standout is typically a heavy threat, helium failed to haul successful a walk of much than 10 yards for the archetypal clip successful a crippled this year.

In the post, Pickens seemed to asseverate that Sherman should person taken the Lions’ antiaircraft strategy into consideration, penning successful part, "it's comic origin I thought erstwhile players would cognize that," earlier claiming that Sherman, "WHO BTW AINT SHH WITHOUT THE LEGION OF BOOM."

Dallas Cowboys caput manager Brian Schottenheimer and wide receiver George Pickens (3) observe aft their team's touchdown against the Las Vegas Raiders successful the 3rd 4th of a crippled astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Nov. 17, 2025 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ian Maule/Getty Images)

After the game, Pickens acknowledged that helium could’ve delivered a amended performance.

"For myself personally, you can't conscionable disappear," Pickens told reporters aft the game. All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb exited successful the 2nd fractional with a caput injury, which appeared to effect successful Pickens drafting greater attraction from Lions defenders.

Schottenheimer aboriginal rewatched the crippled connected movie and pushed backmost against the thought that Pickens’ effort was beneath the standard. He alternatively admitted everyone connected the Cowboys sideline did not manager oregon execute good capable to gain a triumph connected Thursday.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) during the archetypal fractional against the Detroit Lions astatine Ford Field connected Dec. 4, 2025 successful Detroit, Michigan. (Lon Horwedel/Imagn Images)

"I don't deliberation immoderate of america coached oregon played good enough," Schottenheimer said. "All successful all, I'm going to justice George connected his assemblage of work, man. His assemblage of work, he's shown what an elite subordinate helium is and what a crippled changer that helium is. I person nary question."

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Pickens spent his archetypal 3 NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was traded to the Cowboys this past offseason. In conscionable 13 appearances truthful acold this season, Pickens has already tacked up vocation highs successful receiving yards and touchdowns.

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