“They’re a Joke of a Show”: NFL Fans Roast ESPN for Mistaking Brandin Cooks for George Pickens in Viral Resurfaced Clip
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 22 – ESPN mistakenly aired a 2023 clip of Dak Prescott passing to Brandin Cooks as a 2025 highlight involving George Pickens and later issued an apology for the error.
- On Tuesday, at River Ridge Playing Fields in Oxnard, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott connected with wide receiver George Pickens for a touchdown on the first play of training camp.
- Amid a new coaching era under Brian Schottenheimer, the Cowboys aim to improve after a 7-10 season, with Pickens traded from Pittsburgh Steelers, to strengthen their offense.
- On its flagship show First Take, ESPN aired a two-year-old clip from July 31, 2023, mistakenly showing Prescott passing to Brandin Cooks instead of George Pickens.
- After the segment drew criticism, ESPN made itself the butt of jokes on social media, and host Molly Qerim said, `'We apologize on that mistake.'
- Looking ahead to September 4th, 2025, at Lincoln Financial Field, the Cowboys face the Eagles in their season opener.
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ESPN First Take Makes Embarrassing Mistake While Discussing The Dallas Cowboys Training Camp
ESPN spends way too much time discussing the Dallas Cowboys especially on their most famous show, First Take. During Tuesday’s broadcast, the First Take crew embarrassed themselves while discussing the Cowboys training camp. The show cut to a clip of the Cowboys during training camp with quarterback Dak Prescott unleashing a deep ball to his […]
ESPN Duped By Twitter Troll, Airs 2-Year-Old Video Of Cowboys Training Camp
Someone at ESPN is having a bad day after the network aired a two-year-old video, mistakenly thinking the video was shot on Tuesday at Dallas Cowboys training camp.During a segment on First Take, a clip was shown of Dak Prescott airing out a long pass to newly-acquired wide receiver George Pickens. Just a couple of problems, though: First, it wasn't Pickens — it was Brandin Cooks. Second, the Cowboys hadn't even taken the field for practice yet …
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