What would a George Pickens contract be like in 2026?

[baltcowboy]

Re: The Cowboys have the money to sign everyone.

Did the salary cap go away?

You got to do what Philadelphia does. 10 billion dollar franchise. They have the money. Don’t believe what you hear.

 

[KingCorcoran]

You got to do what Philadelphia does. 10 billion dollar franchise. They have the money. Don’t believe what you hear.

I don’t “believe” the Cowboys have even signed Parsons yet. What are they doing with their money?

 

[rambo2]

Depends on what he does in 2025......

It should be his best year ever. If he stays healthy.

 

[rambo2]

TO also ‘hated to lose’

Pickens is a headcase who will want targets to produce so he can get a magadeal

If he doesnt get the targets he thinks he should (and headcases always think that) or if the team has a losing streak, he is going to lose it

Giving up a third for this idiot? Absolutely pathetic by our moron of a GM

Lol

 

[Chuck 54]

He’s the most purely talented player we’ve traded for since, hell, Charles Haley? Galloway? He’s got more talent than Amari.

As to free agents, you’d probably have to go back to TO.

We complain about Jerry never making a move for big time talent. Well, this is big time talent.

Now we see what happens

More talent than Cooper? Get serious. There’s a reason why Cooper was drafted #4 overall in the first round. Pickens was drafted in round 2 while being the 7th to 9th ranked WR in his draft class depending on on who you read. Pickens is not fast or quick. His routes are not great yet. He struggles to separate. His greatness is in tracking the ball and making acrobatic catches, contested catches. Pickens had moderate success as a #1 in Pittsburg, and hopefully he will be a great #2 for Dallas. I think it was a great deal for us in this situation and what our options were, but let’s not pretend we just traded a 3rd round pick for Randy Moss.

In 2019, Cooper and Gallup each had 1000 yards receiving with Lamb still in college. If Lamb and Pickens can do that, I’ll be thrilled.

 

[dupree89]

The Cowboys have the money to sign everyone. If they make a run in the playoffs they will. If not they will move on from certain guys.

i wish jerry would develop the mindset thats it better to unload a guy a year too early rather than a year too late

 

[Angus12]

I cannot stress the point above enough. If he ends up being the WR we want him to be, he's going to want 35M a year. Dallas probably won't pay that. Which makes him a 1 year rental, pretty much invalidating the reason for the trade to begin with.

If he signs elsewhere for 35m per like you said, we get a 3rd round comp pick for that one year of service. And if he gets that, it would mean he had a damn good year for us, wherever that may help us get to. So if he does have that type of season, there's a very good chance we make the playoffs and might even make a little noise. So that 3rd we gave up would be towards the bottom of the round. And the comp pick we receive would be maybe ten (or less?) slots below that. So in effect, it would mean us dropping a little in the 3rd, and a late round pick swap for his one year rental. Hardly "invalidating" the reason for the trade to begin with.

 

[Q_the_man]

He’s the most purely talented player we’ve traded for since, hell, Charles Haley? Galloway? He’s got more talent than Amari.

As to free agents, you’d probably have to go back to TO.

We complain about Jerry never making a move for big time talent. Well, this is big time talent.

Now we see what happens

He definitely does not have more talent then Amari Cooper. He's a 50/50 Wr on certain throws but more talented is a reach by far.