He's cheaper but not cheap. He's due 23M in 2027. But, he's not as good as Pickens either. Waddle's best year was 4 years ago. Pickens is younger and coming off an all-pro campaign.
Cool. Dallas can do the same thing with cap logistics early in Pickens' contract.
Saquon was effective because of the passing game, not the other way around.
The point is that Philly is NOT paying top of the market contracts to its WRs, and nobody has ever considered Devonte Smith a legit #1. He's a nice #2 on a reasonable contract. The only team that is trying to do what we are doing at WR is Cincy and i'm pretty sure they don't know what they are doing either.
They weren’t yet paying both. Smith’s extension starts with the 2026 season. And they’re considering unloading Brown.
Doesn't matter, it was still something like $9-10m.
What about the less than two million due to him this year? That counts. No signing bonus needed. Miami already did that.
They were both paid in the top 10 by AAV when they got their extensions. Brown was I think in the top 3. Both were in the top 11 in 2024.
Assuming Pickens signs a contract similar to Ceedee's, his cap hit would be around $9M in year 1. Lamb's restructured cap hit is $19.8M next season so that's $28.8M combined so that's not that far off from AJ/DeVonta's $25M.
The teams in the NFC West and North are much stronger now than in 2023. Which teams knocked the Cowboys out the last three times? 49ers...Packers...NFC West, NFC North. More teams in the NFC are better now than in 2023.
Yes...but that trade has fundamentally reshaped the Dallas defense and its philosophy. It's building from the inside out...not outside in. Jones stumbled into it yes...but it's still the present reality. Jones values loyalty very highly and once Parsons made it known that he no longer wanted a star on his helmet it was the beginning of the end.
He's the king of being fleeced
When? The last time we played football we won 7 games with the worst defense in the league.
Keep Pickins. What the combo of he and Lamb accomplish together is absolute magic for the rest of the offense. This year will REALLY be something special offensively but we MUST keep Pickins.
Remember what Stephen said about tagging him........." we just couldn't take a chance on losing him." Meaning there is little or no doubt in his mind another team will try to sign him to an offer sheet that includes TWO 1st round picks.
