In Week 14 against the Detroit Lions , the Dallas Cowboys had CeeDee Lamb (6 for 121) and Ryan Flournoy (9 for 115) both clearing the 100-yard mark. Yet all the attention is on George Pickens , who just couldn’t get going on Thursday night. And the reason’s pretty simple: Pickens usually eats on slant routes, but Detroit sat on those all game. With his go-to stuff taken away, his entire night fell flat, and so did his impact.

“They were sitting on the slant. I still caught a slant contested, they said it was PI on me. Caught a slant later in the game. Two of those slants just didn’t go our way, whether it was the call or play. A lot of stuff just didn’t go our way,” the wideout said.

Pickens looked pretty much annoyed after the game. And you can tell why. The Cowboys leaned

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