2026 NFL Cuts/Signings/Trades/FA Thread

[Irving Cowboy]

I was joking.

Well it went over like most of your jokes.

 

[Cotton]

Well it went over like most of your jokes.

I guess the unsure emoji was too much too grasp. I thought it was pretty obvious I was joking.

 

[Cotton]

Now official:

 

[Genghis Khan]

Now official:

I wonder how much and if he was cheaper than Hennessy.

 

[Cotton]

I wonder how much and if he was cheaper than Hennessy.

It was for 2.5 mill.

 

[Genghis Khan]

It was for 2.5 mill.

Hennessy was cheaper. That makes sense then.

 

[Cotton]

 

[boozeman]

Hennessy was cheaper. That makes sense then.

But but who will be our Enforcer?

 

[Cotton]

 

[Genghis Khan]

Great. Let's keep waiting until even more WRs reset the market so it makes our WR more and more expensive. It's worked so well in the past.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Cotton]

Great. Let's keep waiting until even more WRs reset the market so it makes our WR more and more expensive. It's worked so well in the past.

I think we could have gotten Pickens for around 32 per, but now it is most likely going to be closer to 36-38 per.

 

[Simpleton]

I think we could have gotten Pickens for around 32 per, but now it is most likely going to be closer to 36-38 per.

The funny thing is that I feel like the market on an extension and the trade value market are both set based on the deals Pierce and JSN got, and the trade Denver made for Waddle.

So the decision is either extend him for about 35/year, or send him packing in a trade sometime in the next 10 months or so.

They'll almost certainly pick door number 3, sitting on their hands with their thumbs up their asses.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I think we could have gotten Pickens for around 32 per, but now it is most likely going to be closer to 36-38 per.

We don't know that though. Mulughetta could have anticipated this -- probably did -- and was asking something stupid, even closer to 40.

 

[Simpleton]

We don't know that though. Mulughetta could have anticipated this -- probably did -- and was asking something stupid, even closer to 40.

These agents all collude to keep pushing the price up, there's no chance other top agents didn't have an idea something like this was coming. Maybe not the exact numbers but I'm sure they knew something would happen soon in the 40ish range.

 

[Cotton]

These agents all collude to keep pushing the price up, there's no chance other top agents didn't have an idea something like this was coming. Maybe not the exact numbers but I'm sure they knew something would happen soon in the 40ish range.

If the agents knew this was coming, you would have to assume the owners knew the same thing. And, if that was the case (of course no way for us to know) then Jerry and Co should have gotten ahead of it.

 

[Simpleton]

If the agents knew this was coming, you would have to assume the owners knew the same thing. And, if that was the case (of course no way for us to know) then Jerry and Co should have gotten ahead of it.

I think the whole racket would rely on keeping the owners out of the loop.

But yea, maybe Pickens' agent already was along for 35+ for all we know.

 

[Cotton]

I think the whole racket would rely on keeping the owners out of the loop.

But yea, maybe Pickens' agent already was along for 35+ for all we know.

No way to know for sure, but another WR signing for 42 per certainly didn't help things.

 

[bbgun]

No way to know for sure, but another WR signing for 42 per certainly didn't help things.

You mean it's possible to be proactive instead of waiting 'til the last minute and creating a lot of drama and animosity?

 

[1bigfan13]

Great. Let's keep waiting until even more WRs reset the market so it makes our WR more and more expensive. It's worked so well in the past.

Yeah but think of all the headlines and media content Pickens contract situation will generate for the Cowboys in August. That's got to mean something, right?