George Malik Pickens Jr. Week 16 Preview vs. the Chargers

Dallas Cowboys receiver George Malik Pickens Jr. has a tough matchup in Week 16 (Sunday at 1 p.m. ET), facing the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers are allowing the third-fewest passing yards in the league, 174.4 per game.

George Pickens has a team-best 1,212-yard season on 81 catches with eight scores so far. He has been targeted on 120 occasions, and averages 86.6 yards.

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Pickens vs. the Chargers

• Pickens vs the Chargers (since 2021): 1 GP / 57 REC YPG / 0 REC TD
• Los Angeles has allowed just two opposing receivers to rack up 100 or more receiving yards in a game in the 2025 season.
• The Chargers have allowed 11 opposing players to record a TD reception against them this year.
• Just one opposing player has caught at least two TD passes in matchups with Los Angeles on the season.
• The Chargers surrender 174.4 passing yards per game, the NFL's third-ranked pass defense this season.
• The Chargers have the No. 1 defense in the NFL in passing touchdowns allowed, giving up 12 this season (0.9 per game).

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Pickens Receiving Insights

• In the receiving game, Pickens has gone over on his receiving yards prop bet in 71.4% of his games (10 of 14).
• Pickens has been targeted on 120 of his team's 531 passing attempts this season (22.6% target share).
• He has been targeted 120 times, averaging 10.1 yards per target (12th in NFL).
• George Malik Pickens Jr. has had a touchdown catch in seven of 14 games this season, and he found the end zone more than once on one of those occasions.
• He has scored eight of his team's 42 offensive touchdowns this season (19.0%).
• Pickens has been targeted 17 times in the red zone (19.3% of his team's 88 red zone pass attempts).

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Pickens' Recent Performance