George Pickens did not need a touchdown to own the intermediate middle of Dallas's comeback throws. Seven catches on 11 targets. Eighty-two yards. A 19-yard reception that, with a roughing-the-passer flag attached, flipped third-and-10 into the drive that cut Baltimore's lead to 24-21. The Cowboys still left Brazil with a 34-31 defeat after Tyler Loop's walk-off 56-yard field goal Sunday at Maracanã.
DallasCowboys.com paired Pickens' 82 yards with CeeDee Lamb's 112 as the volume under Dak Prescott's 25-of-40, 276-yard, one-touchdown line. The CBS Sports box ranks Pickens second on the team in receptions; his longest gain went for 19 yards.
The throw that restarted the third quarter
Baltimore led 24-13 after Lamar Jackson's touchdown pass to Chris Moore. On third-and-10 from the Dallas 48, Prescott found Pickens for 19 yards and drew a 15-yard roughing penalty that spotted the ball at the Baltimore 18, the team recap detailed. Two plays later Jake Ferguson scored from 19. Lamb's two-point catch made it 24-21.
Pickens had already moved chains on the opening field-goal drive with 13- and 12-yard catches and later added a 16-yarder on the go-ahead march that KaVontae Turpin finished from the 9. The pattern was consistent: win the down, keep Prescott on schedule, let the skill players around him finish.
