Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens never expected Sunday’s game against the Packers to end in a tie. Because he never knew an NFL game could end in a tie.

Pickens told Jane Slater of NFL Network immediately after the game that he was puzzled when the game ended after 10 minutes of overtime, because he assumed when the Packers kicked the tying field goal at the end of overtime that they would then play a second overtime period.

“I’ve never been a part of a tie in my life. I didn’t even know football worked like that ,” Pickens said. “I thought we just would start another quarter right now and keep going. But a tie? That’s a first time, yeah.”

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