Cowboys' Jerry Jones wants star wide receiver back in 2026 and beyond

George Pickens shined erstwhile again for the Dallas Cowboys arsenic helium enactment unneurotic different unthinkable crippled to assistance the squad solidify a comeback triumph against the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday.

Pickens had 9 catches for 146 yards and a touchdown. He helped widen the Cowboys’ last thrust and acceptable up kicker Brandon Aubrey for a 42-yard game-winning tract goal. Dallas won the crippled 24-21, aft being down 21-0 successful the 2nd quarter.

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) celebrates his touchdown drawback during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Dallas acquired Pickens successful the offseason from the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was a thorn successful the Steelers’ broadside earlier the Cowboys took a flyer connected him and traded a 2026 third-round draught prime and a 2027 sixth-round draught prime for him.

It’s turned retired to beryllium much roar than bust. So overmuch so, that squad proprietor Jerry Jones touted Pickens’ abilities and what he’s meant to the team.

"George has been specified an integral portion of our story, and helium has his story, to a grade that's our story," Jones said, via the team’s website. "I'm truthful arrogant for him. Everybody connected this squad is, and helium surely has perfectly been the quality arsenic we've played implicit the past 2 weeks… it's thing erstwhile you've got [CeeDee Lamb] and Pickens."

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) celebrates his touchdown drawback with backmost Dak Prescott (4) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Jones added that helium would privation Pickens to beryllium backmost with the Cowboys successful 2026 and beyond.

"Of course, of course," Jones added. "We are arrogant to person him and I don't adjacent privation to play games with it. We'd emotion to person him connected the team. By the way, I'd emotion to person [Lamb] connected the team. And I cognize what we're asking astir here, but we definite similar the mode the operation is truly letting america execute connected offense.

"I'm arrogant he's having the play he's having. It exceeds thing we could person hoped for."

Pickens already has career-highs successful receptions (67) and touchdown catches (8) this season. He has 1,054 receiving yards and is connected the verge of mounting a caller vocation people successful that statistical category. He had 1,140 receiving yards successful 2023 with the Steelers.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) runs aft a drawback during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Dallas is 5-5-1 truthful far. The Cowboys are archetypal successful yards gained and 4th successful points scored.

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