The latest on George Pickens’ future
Arguably the biggest upcoming unrestricted free agent the Cowboys have on their roster is WR George Pickens, who had a career-best year with 1,429 yards and nine touchdowns. Jones hasn’t dived into specifics with the negotiations, and didn’t again Wednesday, but reiterated the goal is to keep Pickens with the Cowboys.
“We won’t get into any details right now,” Jones said. “Certainly, we want George to be back here in Dallas, and we’ll certainly go from there.”
Jones mentioned that in the past, the NFL’s scouting combine in Indianapolis has been a good place in the past for those conversations between teams, players and their representation to occur on contract extensions. This year’s combine takes place from February 23 to March 2.
Nick Sorensen to be retained as special teams coordinator
With plenty of staff turnover in the last week for the Cowboys, one area where there won’t be any is on special teams, as Jones announced special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen will be retained for a second season in 2026.
Still, Jones made clear that the team is looking to see lots of improvement in the third phase of the game.
“We certainly want to be better there,” Jones said. “We’ve got some good pieces with our returner, our punter, our kicker and our snapper. But usually when you get some good defensive players, those turn into pretty good special teams players too.”
Cowboys have visited with Javonte Williams’ representation
While Jones wasn’t as open about the team’s contract talks with George Pickens, he discussed a bit more regarding RB Javonte Williams, who rushed for 1,201 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2025.
“We’ve certainly visited with Javonte…” Jones said. “We’re always visiting with representative about our players.”
Things continue to trend towards Williams likely returning to the Cowboys in 2026, and possibly beyond. At the team’s year-end press conference earlier in the month, Jones said Williams “is at the top of our list to go out and sign” and the team would like to get him signed to a multi-year deal.