the newest owner of the Cowboys\u2019 all-time franchise passing record<\/a>, and with the chance to mount an improbable, franchise record-tying comeback win against the defending champs who, by the way, also owned the best record in the entire NFC entering Week 11.<\/p>\nWith only 44 seconds remaining in regulation on the Eagles’ 46-yard line, Prescott dropped back and found Pickens streaking on an inside slant that he caught and turned into a 24-yard gain to just outside of the red zone and, in that moment, with All-Pro kicker Brandon Aubrey warmed up on the sideline, the Cowboys all but knew the win was in the bag.<\/p>\n
“[I was thinking] just come down with the catch, no matter where we are on the field,” said Pickens. “Go ball, high ball, low ball, post \u2014 I’m always looking at the ball. I never see the guys around me. It’s everything I told people about what I’m capable of. \u2026 As a team, we just need to keep going and get as many wins as we can.<\/p>\n
“\u2026 And, personally, I just keep grinding and hopefully just keep doing what I’m doing, and staying in the lab.”<\/p>\n
And you can bet Prescott had plenty to say about his shiny new weapon, acquired this offseason via blockbuster trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n
“It’s hard for me to say he exceeds my expectations,” said the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback. “My expectations are limitless with that guy, and he’ll tell you, he’s not from here. I am sure you all read his article [in the Player’s Tribune]. He’s not from here. He’s not from this planet.”<\/p>\n
“I’m not gonna put limitations on him. \u2026 The guy loves the game, stays focused, and the communication, I know I’ve mentioned before, but [he talks] to other guys in the huddle about staying focused and to just keep doing what they’re doing.”<\/p>\n
Everyone asked about the future of Pickens in Dallas is unequivocal in their craving to keep him in a Cowboys’ uniform, the receiver himself also, this past week, making it known he “absolutely” would love to sign an extension in a city he “appreciates” for “embracing me”.<\/p>\n
Prescott is understandably one of Pickens’ most vocal advocates.<\/p>\n
“We lucked up getting a guy like that, and we’ve got to make sure we can keep him here. He’s a hell of a player and he’s turning into a leader, and he’s special.”<\/p>\n
Pickens has now surpassed the 1,000-yard receiving mark (1,054), second-most in the NFL behind only Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and his eight touchdowns are good enough for third-most in the league prior to Monday Night Football being played, which will likely change nothing about that fact.<\/p>\n
His next test will come in just four days when the Cowboys host Patrick Mahomes and a Kansas City Chiefs defense that is just as stingy as the Eagles’ unit he helped put to bed on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
It’s a year of redemption for Pickens against the now-defunct narrative about him, and the Cowboys look brilliant for being the ones to give him a chance to show who and what he truly is: the extraterrestrial, but without the bicycle and the basket \u2014 more so the type Sigourney Weaver was terrified of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Javonte Williams then rushed for eight yards before Prescott ran it in for a three-yard touchdown to tie…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":400897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[187281,35777,51,50,1292,24192,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-400896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-featured-phivsdal-2025","9":"tag-george-pickens","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-news-all-news","13":"tag-news-patrik-walker","14":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115603632853481540","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}