Cowboys receiver George Pickens was unstoppable in the Cowboys' 24-21 comeback win over the Eagles.
We are 11 games into George Pickens' career with the Dallas Cowboys, and we're about out of superlatives for No. 3.
Indeed, Dak Prescott is in the same situation, opting to now go "interplanetary'' when describing the work of the burgeoning Dallas star.
The Cowboys' 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium on Sunday saw Pickens go to yet another level, hauling in all nine targets for 146 yards and a touchdown to be the dominant force on the field for Dallas ... again.
Said Dak: “He’s not from here. He’s not from this planet … We’ve got to make sure we can keep him here.”
Especially after he leapt over two Eagles defenders on a Dak Prescott long-bomb for 43 yards, how do to describe it all?
Our own Mike Fisher gives it a shot.
Fish posted on X that Pickens is "approaching Randy Moss levels on 50-50 balls'' because whenever he has a chance, he is the one who comes down with the ball.
Head coach Brian Schottenheimer meanwhile isn't surprised at what Pickens is doing on the field.
“GP's an incredible player ... George doesn't surprise me at all,” said Schottenheimer after a crazy comeback win that keeps Dallas' playoff hopes alive with a move to 5-5-1. “The beautiful thing is those two guys (Pickens and CeeDee Lamb) aren't nearly as good without each other. That's real because you can cloud coverages, and they were trying to do certain things to take those guys away. That's why you need more than one.
"He just continues to step up and do a heck of a job. ... just really proud of him.”
Given Lamb's tough outing despite 75 yards on four receptions that saw No. 88 drop several passes he "should" be catching, along with what would have been the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter, some are wanting Pickens to be "the" guy on offense with Lamb being phased out.
But as Schottenheimer points out, having both on the field allows the sort of performance we saw today, because even as good as Philadelphia's defense was, it still couldn't contain both receivers.
George's future will no doubt once again be front and center after back-to-back games of 140+ yards, nine receptions, and a touchdown, as the free-agent-to-be is adding more money to his contract with each passing week.
CowboysRoundtable has reported that GP figures to be a $30 million APY guy in the springtime, and that yes, Dallas can afford to retain him alongside Lamb and his $34 mil APY deal.
Dak wants Pickens to be in Dallas beyond 2025, and you will be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't want to see No. 3 do his thing for years to come with the star on his helmet.
Indeed, as owner Jerry Jones said postgame when asked about a desire to keep Pickens: "Of course, of course. ... George has been such an integral part of our story, and he has his story ... We are proud to have him and I don't even want to play (verbal) games with it. We'd love to have him on the team. ... We sure like the way the combination (of Lamb and Pickens) is really letting us execute on offense."
"I'm proud he's having the season he's having. It exceeds anything we could have hoped for."
The only thing not excessive right now about Pickens, who came to Dallas last spring from Pittsburgh in exchange for a third-round pick while carrying "behavioral baggage'' controversy?
The superlatives. They aren't excessive at all.