George Pickens is off to a historic start as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. He has over 500 yards receiving and has caught six touchdowns through the first six games with the team, something that only Amari Cooper has ever done in franchise history.

Pickens has a bit more in common with Cooper, though. When Dallas traded for Cooper during the 2018 season, they did so with him in a position to sign a contract extension at that point in his career. Despite the fact that Cooper served as the catalyst of change for that season’s team, and propelled them to an NFC East title plus a playoff win (ironically over Brian Schottenheimer’s team), his extension did not come until the 2020 offseason.

This was partly the case for Cooper because his previous team (the then-Oakland Raiders) had exercise

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