George Malik Pickens Jr. Week 17 Preview vs. the Commanders

George Malik Pickens Jr. will be running routes against the seventh-worst passing defense in the league when his Dallas Cowboys play the Washington Commanders in Week 17, on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.

George Pickens has a team-best 1,342 yards receiving on 88 grabs (on 129 targets) with nine TDs this campaign, averaging 89.5 yards per game.

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Pickens vs. the Commanders

• Pickens vs the Commanders (since 2021): 2 GP / 86.5 REC YPG / 1 REC TD
• Washington has allowed 100 or more receiving yards to seven opposing receivers in the 2025 season.
• The Commanders have allowed 25 opposing players to register a TD reception against them this year.
• Four opposing players have hauled in at least two TD passes in matchups with Washington on the season.
• The pass defense of the Commanders is giving up 241.7 yards per contest this year, which ranks 26th in the NFL.
• The Commanders' defense ranks 30th in the league by conceding two passing touchdowns per game to opposing offenses (30 total passing TDs).

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Pickens Receiving Insights

• Pickens, in 11 of 15 games, has hit the over on his receiving yards prop bet.
• Pickens has 22.9% of his team's target share (129 targets on 563 passing attempts).
• He has been targeted 129 times, averaging 10.4 yards per target (eighth in NFL).
• George Malik Pickens Jr. has had a touchdown catch in eight of 15 games this season, and he found the end zone more than once on one of those occasions.
• He has nine total touchdowns this season (20.5% of his team's 44 offensive TDs).
• Pickens (19 red zone targets) has been targeted 20.2% of the time in the red zone (94 total red zone pass attempts on the team).

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Pickens' Recent Performance