On Thursday night, Cowboys receiver George Pickens dusted off some of the concerns that undermined much of his three years in Pittsburgh. But even if those on the outside question Pickens’s effort against the Lions, the guy who signs his paychecks does not.

“One of the things that you got to appreciate about George Pickens is his intensity for the competition,” Cowboys owner/G.M. Jerry Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “Now, he is a big-time competitor. When it comes to competing and when it comes to loving the game, I emphasize that point right there, loving the game, then I give him A-pluses .”

And so Jones continues to say things that will make it even more expensive to keep Pickens over the long haul.

“I like what George Pickens h

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