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Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and the Dallas Cowboys. There’s nothing better than that on Thanksgiving. Even if your friends and family aren’t football fans or fans of America’s Team, you would be hard-pressed to find a television in the U.S that doesn’t have the Cowboys game on in the afternoon on Turkey Day.
The 2025 season has been marked by many ups and downs. Through it all, the Cowboys have found a way to get back to .500 and still have the slightest chance to make a run at the playoffs. Regardless of how the year may end for Dallas, here are five things about the 2025 Cowboys to be thankful for this holiday season.
We know the Herschel Walker trade is probably the most famous in Cowboys history, but what trade has been the most successful for Dallas in acquiring a player? Amari Cooper would certainly be at the top of the list for what he meant to the team during the three and a half years he was in Dallas.
Outside of that, there haven’t been many trades to go in the Cowboys’ favor when trading for a player. George Pickens might have skyrocketed all the way to the top of that list. In just one season, he’s become the dynamic playmaker the front office was hoping for, already having over 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns. A big caveat to the trade’s success will be whether Jerry Jones can get a long-term deal done with Pickens in the offseason. It sounds like the Cowboys have a plan to figure that out.
There are a few other reasons to be thankful for the Pickens trade. The first is what the Cowboys gave up in draft capital. Usually, for a wide receiver of Pickens’ age (24) and talent, that would require a price tag of at least a second-round pick and possibly a first. Instead, his “character” issues dropped his price to a third- and a fifth-round pick. Pennies for what Dallas has gotten in return.
The other reason would be how amazing CeeDee Lamb has been with Pickens in the building. Even before the trade was finalized, Pickens mentioned that he and Lamb had already known each other. Lamb was one of the first people he reached out to when he learned he was going to Dallas.
Lamb could have stomped his feet and demanded a trade with Pickens coming in and taking his targets away, but instead, he embraced the idea of not having a great No. 1 and No. 2 wide receiver tandem, but having two No. 1s on offense. Their budding relationship this season has fans excited for the future, depending on whether the front office works out a long-term deal.
So the Pickens trade is probably at the top of the list right now, but not too far behind it sits Quinnen Williams. If he...
