The Dallas Cowboys were victorious on Monday night against the Las Vegas Raiders, but things started out a bit wonky. Vegas won the opening coin toss and chose to defer which put the Cowboys on the field first.
Interestingly, as the Cowboys went out on offense, they did so without both CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. The Monday Night Football broadcast began speculating what this was all about and quickly reported that it had to do with a “coach’s decision” from Brian Schottenheimer and that it was not injury related.
Schotty spoke about the matter following the win and reiterated that line. Jerry Jones spoke the following morning during his standard Tuesday appearance on 105.3 The Fan and offered a similar explanation, although he did add a bit more detail.
As noted, both CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens themselves declined to provide any real detail when asked about the situation following the game. Between the four of them (Schotty, CeeDee, George, and Jerry) it was Jones who suggested that the players in question were perhaps late to a meeting and that this was the core of things.
Schottenheimer was clearly dissatisfied with something that two of the best players on the team did and he chose to do something about it. That is a level of discretion that the head coach should have, and in this case the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys had it.
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