{"id":23949,"date":"2025-05-24T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T23:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23949"},"modified":"2025-05-24T23:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T23:11:10","slug":"breaking-news-new-dallas-cowboys-player-dubbed-the-teams-saving-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23949","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : New Dallas Cowboys Player Dubbed the Team&#8217;s Saving Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2191120860-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2191120860-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2191120860-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2191120860-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"New Dallas Cowboys Player Dubbed the Team's Saving Grace\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys are gearing up for their first season under the direction of new head coach Brian Schottenheimer, and the team will certainly be one of the most watched in the coming months. With Schottenheimer at the helm, along with owner and general manager Jerry Jones, the Cowboys have added\u00a0some fresh players on their squad for 2025, and fans are hoping the new guys fill some of the holes that were apparent in last year\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n<p>The offseason is a time for teams to try to\u00a0find the best players to fit their changing needs. With that in mind, Dalton Wasserman at PFF has released a tally with the biggest impact offseason acquisition for each NFL team based on PFF data and research, including for the Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Top Offseason Acquisition<\/h2>\n<p>While there are no insignificant players on the Cowboys\u2019 squad, one new face stands out. It\u2019s wide receiver George Pickens, who the team got during a trade with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was well worth it, according to Wasserman\u2019s May 20 feature. He names Pickens as the best find for the Cowboys during the offseason, adding that he has a \u201c99.9 deep receiving grade in 2024,\u201d which is \u201ctied for the highest in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas\u2019 offense declined last season due to a lack of a legitimate receiving threat aside from CeeDee Lamb,\u201d Wasserman stated in the piece. \u201cThey recently traded for George Pickens to change that. Pickens tied for the NFL lead last season with a perfect 99.9 receiving grade on deep targets (20-plus yards).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cMeanwhile, Cowboys wide receivers ranked 21st in the NFL in deep receiving grade, and they were only that high mainly due to Lamb\u2019s downfield production.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Grading the Dallas Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M1KGsCJWFRI\/mqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys\u2019 voluntary OTAs offer first look at new playmaker George  Pickens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a separate PFF feature, this one published May 13, Trevor Sikkema grades all of the NFL teams for what they\u2019ve done during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The team with the best grade in the report is the Chicago Bears, getting an A+. \u201cBen Johnson is now at the helm of a team with a much stronger offensive line and plenty of high-ceiling rookies,\u201d Sikkema stated. The team at the opposite end is the New Orleans Saints, which received a D-. \u201cNew Orleans is in rough shape following a lackluster offseason and Derek Carr\u2019s retirement,\u201d Sikkema stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys didn\u2019t get the best grade. They came in at a C+, and Sikkema explains why they got that grade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grade comes down to what Brian Schottenheimer is as a head coach,\u201d he stated in the piece. \u201cThe Cowboys waited a long time to make a move to hire him (and determine Mike McCarthy\u2019s future), watching several good head coach candidates sign elsewhere in the meantime. They were also very quiet in free agency (not uncommon for them) when they had money to spend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the good news is the Cowboys\u2019 draft was a \u201chome run, especially the team\u2019s first three picks.\u201d\u00a0However, \u201cI remain worried about how their offensive and defensive lines will come together in 2025, with Zack Martin\u00a0retiring on offense and the duo of\u00a0Mazi Smith\u00a0and\u00a0Osa Odighizuwa, who earned PFF run-defense grades of 35.9 and 50.8, respectively, slated to start again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One new face on the Dallas Cowboys&#8217; squad is being called the guy who will make the different for the team in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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