Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones sent a clear message on the idea of extending wide receiver George Pickens following a 44-22 rout of the Washington Commanders.
The Cowboys’ offense looked like a juggernaut during the win, with CeeDee Lamb and Pickens leading the way. The duo combined for nine catches, 192 yards and a touchdown in the victory.
After the matchup, Jones addressed the concern some have had that Pickens is represented by the same agent as Micah Parsons, David Mulugheta. Negotiations got ugly with Parsons, leading to his eventual trade to the Green Bay Packers. Jones does not see that situation affecting anything they try to do with Pickens.
“Don’t pay any attention to that at all. No attention,” Jones said. “Too much was made of that — that the agent had something to do with the ultimate decision of where we were. It almost had zero to do with it, period. That’s not a negative; it just didn’t have that kind of influence. I was going to be where I was with Micah, relative to dollars and cents, no matter who represented him.”
Pickens is in the final year of his rookie deal. The Cowboys traded a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick to the Steelers for Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick.
Cowboys Need to Have ‘Room’ for George Pickens Extension
Pickens has made his impact felt with the Cowboys and capitalized on a large role in the offense when CeeDee Lamb was sidelined. The former second-round pick has 36 catches for 607 yards and six touchdowns. Pickens has also erased concerns about how he’d fit in the locker room.
“He is doing more than we could, than we did expect or that we could have expected. What’s really special is he’s a real plus to have around the team. He’s a real plus around his teammates,” Jones said last week. “He’s a great plus around those coaches. Those coaches really think highly of him, and so he’s not only doing it on the field. He’s doing it as a part of the team concept. That’s very important and, in his particular case, should be noted.
“We’ll weigh that. We knew full well that if things really went like we wanted them to go, certainly, we need to think about having some room available if we’re going to pay a second receiver at that level.”
Cowboys Stars Call for George Pickens Extension
The Cowboys’ offense is the best in the league and looked even more dangerous during the Week 7 romp over the Commanders. Dallas racked up 409 yards of total offense and scored 40 points for the third time this season.
Both quarterback Dak Prescott and Lamb have petitioned for Pickens to stick around.
“I feel like my answer is pretty obvious. I think I made that clear when I first came in. There is no ego here,” Lamb said. “I hope he gets everything that he deserves — here — and we just continue to do what we do.”
Prescott said he’d talk to Jones in private about the importance of locking in Pickens.
“I’ve been a little busy, but I will,” Prescott said. “When I run into him in that time of privacy, I’ll make sure.”
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