The Cowboys got a steal in George Pickens, sending only a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick to Pittsburgh for Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick. They are paying him only $3.656 million this season.<\/p>\n
The wide receiver had nine catches for 146 yards and a touchdown in Sunday\u2019s comeback win over the Eagles, giving him 18 receptions for 290 yards and two touchdowns the past two weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to say exceeds my expectations,\u201d Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said. \u201cMy expectations for him are limitless, and he\u2019ll tell you that he\u2019s not from here. I\u2019m sure you have all read his article in The Players\u2019 Tribune. He\u2019s not from here. He\u2019s not from this planet and so, I\u2019m not going to put limitations on him. He went out there and did what he\u2019s done in games when he has that opportunity, in practice as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe guy loves the game. He stays focused. Just the communication, as I\u2019ve said before, to other guys in the huddle about staying focused and keep doing what you\u2019re doing. We lucked up with getting a guy like that. We have to make sure that we can keep him here. He\u2019s a hell of a player turning into a leader, and he\u2019s special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pickens has had a better season than teammate CeeDee Lamb and just about any other wide receiver not named Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He already has a career-best 67 receptions and eight receiving touchdowns and is over 1,000 yards with 1,054.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeorge has been such an integral part of our story, and he has his story to a degree that that\u2019s our story,\u201d Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. \u201cI\u2019m so proud for him. Everybody on this team is. And he certainly has absolutely been the difference as we\u2019ve played over the last two weeks. . . . It\u2019s something when you\u2019ve got 88 [Lamb] and Pick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pickens, though, is scheduled to become a free agent in March. <\/p>\n