That's just not true. They were about to become free agents. Brown was in the final year of his rookie deal. Hill was entering the final year of his contract. IF Pickens is tagged it's the same. He doesn't decide if he is tagged, the team does. Devante Adams was tagged and then traded to the Raiders for a 1st and 2nd rounder and then signed to a full market deal.
If thats the case then why did he hire him in the first place? Did he really think Schotty was some gem everyone else passed over for decades?
Ya, there is no way he agrees to that when he wants a 30m per year deal. You make this trade with the belief that you are willing to be in that ballpark on a deal
Maybe spell it ******
That math is wrong. Reality is you are giving him $30M for 1 year with $10M guaranteed paid this year as a signing bonus.
It's a 2nd in 2028 which is a 3rd in 2027 value wise and a throw away 6th. And where do you get that a corner can't be bullied on the outside? X receivers are typically the most physical in the game. They play on the outside.
If we need a pass rusher then get one now. But as you said, it won't help us this year and by next year we'll have other needs. We need a rebuild. We've needed it since 2018 but jerry keeps throwing single pieces at it.
Ten we can claim we got Porter for a 6th and act like Pickens never happened. Jerry logic.
It's in the Tweet he quoted, isn't it? I can't be bothered to look back, but I think it is.
Pickens will be entering free agency. Not the final year of his current deal. Cowboys can tag him. And that’s their tag for 2027. Mulugheta will be in the driver’s seat as he’ll tell any team interested “before you consider trading for my client know we will not sign with you for less than $X”. Or “we’ll never sign with you so you’re getting my client for one year at $32.5 million, trade assets for him accordingly”.
You said this:
Don't think Pittsburgh has much incentive to trade Watt. He's under contract until 2028 and they are not trying to rebuild. Doesn't seem like Sawyer is any better than what we've got.
Yes, immediately after the trade was announced. Look at all of the posts in this thread at that time. They all said a 2nd and not yet 2028. That was my point that I might not have made clearly
All true and yet all similar to what has been done before and yielded a big return for top a WR. I thought that was the discussion. If it wasn't, then I'll just say I agree. But the new team WILL give Pickens a big deal, that's part of why they trade for him, to sign him.It is pretty likely if it comes to that, that the Cowboys get a 2nd for a tagged Pickens and then Pickens signs for the $32.5M you mention with the new team.
It's not that cut and dried and there are so many other factors like where the two teams likely pick and more importantly, the part I made a point of disagreeing with was when you said a 2nd in 2028 was like a 4th n 2026. That's just silly.You said this:
Why do people keep saying this like a hard and fast rule. So a 2030 1st is equal to a 2026 5th
It was a loose over-exaggeration to try and value future picks. In reality, a mid 2nd in 2027 is probably closer to a late 2nd in 2028 than it is a 3rd and trades bear this out. But even if you want to agree with the dropping a round when it moves back one year, you can't do it for multiple years.
Would seem that the Cowboys org is thinking the same as me.
Per SI: The two sides talked into the night, and Dallas’s willingness to do a trade without having a contract extension in place helped finalize the trade. The Cowboys viewed giving up a second-round pick two drafts from now as giving up third-round value, and put a play-time condition on the sixth-rounder to protect themselves in the short term.
