Can Pickens be tagged and traded next year?

[Siroky]

If Pickens plays up to his potential/expectations, with out past years drama during his contact year, is tagging and trading him for #1 an option?

 

[Pass2Run]

Someone already answered this in another thread....

Yes.

 

[KingCorcoran]

If Pickens plays up to his potential/expectations, with out past years drama during his contact year, is tagging and trading him for #1 an option?

His pay for 2026 would be $19.385 million, could not be rescinded, and would all hit the salary cap at once of the team that traded for him. Would you trade a 1st for that scenario or would you keep your first and draft a wide receiver with it, and get a 1st round rated receiver at a controlled compensation amount for four or five years?

Dak Prescott is not going to turn any receiver playing second fiddle to CeeDee Lamb into a receiver in great demand. The Steelers need multiple great receivers, too. They know Pickens better than the other 31 teams could. They felt he’s worth a third and said good-bye. Nonetheless, I suspect Pickens is going to think he’s worth $30 million per year no matter what transpires this season.

 

[DanTanna]

Yep. He’s going to want near a max contract no matter what kind of year he has IMO.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

His pay for 2026 would be $19.385 million, could not be rescinded, and would all hit the salary cap at once of the team that traded for him. Would you trade a 1st for that scenario or would you keep your first and draft a wide receiver with it, and get a 1st round rated receiver at a controlled compensation amount for four or five years?

Dak Prescott is not going to turn any receiver playing second fiddle to CeeDee Lamb into a receiver in great demand. The Steelers need multiple great receivers, too. They know Pickens better than the other 31 teams could. They felt he’s worth a third and said good-bye. Nonetheless, I suspect Pickens is going to think he’s worth $30 million per year no matter what transpires this season.

This is true but he has no leverage over the next couple years ...........we can tag him if we reach an agreement.

 

[darthseinfeld]

If Pickens plays up to his potential/expectations, with out past years drama during his contact year, is tagging and trading him for #1 an option?

In theory. But the problems are 1) the price of the tag if you can't. 2) You are unlikely to get higher than the comp pick if you do

 

[Coogiguy03]

It's all based on how he performs, he balls out, he leaves and we hopefully get a nice comp pick. There's no way we can have him reset the market, while also paying Lamb top dollar, talk about an expensive wr room

But if he doesn't, then what?? Please give your thoughts

 

[Coogiguy03]

Someone already answered this in another thread....

Yes.

Dang you're going to kill me on my new thread uhh why do I keep doing this to myself

 

[exciter]

If Pickens plays up to his potential/expectations, with out past years drama during his contact year, is tagging and trading him for #1 an option?

Theoretically yes!
Early mocks have up to 6 WRs going in the 1st next season so the demand isn’t going to be that great.
Why trade for a player 2 teams have chosen to walk away from when you could draft one without the baggage!
it’s not a very realistic scenario!

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If Pickens plays up to his potential/expectations, with out past years drama during his contact year, is tagging and trading him for #1 an option?

no one in their right mind would trade a WR, with a 24M cap hit, and a one year contract, expecting to be paid in the 30M range for a 1st round pick.

where do you people come up with this stuff!!! seriously. stop playing Madden NFL. its not real

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

This is true but he has no leverage over the next couple years ...........we can tag him if we reach an agreement.

is he worth 24M? would we want to spend 56M on two WRs?

 

[starfan1]

whats the tag # 28 mil? If he balls out and puts up crazy numbers than maybe. I think the more favorable route is he plays well and is not a headache and agrees to a more reasonable number or he walks and we gets a 3rd comp pick for him and hes a 1 year rental.