Extending Pickens

The devil is in the details (guaranteed money, team outs, etc.) but I'd be shocked if he took 30/year. No way his agent will accept that.
 
Yeah. You dont think he thinks he is as good? Plus CD contract was signed a year ago. Everything increases. Trying for 30 million is going to be a tough sell.
 
Owner Jerry Jones -- who attempted to circumvent Parsons' agent, David Mulugheta, in their negotiation process -- might be preparing to try the same approach with Pickens, who's also represented by Mulugheta.

"I don't know. We'll see how it goes," Jones said during his weekly radio appearance on 105.3 The Fan, via the team's official site. "Probably both, but I certainly expect to be speaking with George." :rolleyes
 
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The Lions are the exact reason why I don't want to hear shit about how difficult extending Pickens will be, how maybe we should cut Osa or Clark or whatever else to make room, or any other nonsense. All it comes down to is whether or not the assholes running this team have the motivation and desire to do what needs to be done, or if they want to just keep twiddling their thumbs with half measures and hoping for the best.

This assumes Pickens can be had for somewhere in the 30-35 range, which should obviously be the case considering that Chase is at 40, Jefferson is at 35 and Lamb is at 34. If he's pushing for 40 I think you just have to franchise him and look to trade him, but if he (and his asshole agent) are somewhat reasonable looking for something in that 30-35 range then it's more than manageable given the following:

Lions contract extensions > $20M per year:

Goff - $53, St. Brown - $30, Williams - $26.6, Sewell - $28, Decker - $20, Hutchinson - $45, McNeill - $24, Joseph - $21.5

That's 8 players at the top of their cap with extensions averaging $20M/year or higher, 5 on offense (1 QB/2 WR's) and 3 on defense, and while obviously it's an oversimplification to only look at the AAV, it's representative of the sort of salary structure they've been able to manage. Add all of those averages up and you have about a total of $248M in terms of AAV.

And aside from that the Lions have a few mid-tier guys with deals in the $10-20M range like DJ Reed (16), DJ Reader (11) and even a RB in Montgomery at about 9/year.

Now look at where we'd be at if we extend Pickens at 34/year, the same as Lamb:

Dak - $60, Lamb - $34, Pickens - $34, T. Smith - $24, Quinnen - $24, Clark - $21, Osa - $20, Bland - $22.5

Again, 8 players including 1 QB/2 WR's just like the Lions, and if you add that up you have a total of $239M.

We even have a similar structure with a few guys in that $10-20 range in terms of Ferguson (12.5), Steele (16.5) and a RB in Williams who might be in that Montgomery range of 9/year. And obviously Steele might even be gone after this year, so you might be able to clear those numbers off the books more or less.

Obviously I'm assuming Diggs will be long gone after this season.

So even if we extend Pickens at damn near the top of the WR market we'd still have a salary structure that is very similar as the Lions, with room for a few guys in the $10-20 range, plus two 1's in next year's draft to add to it.

So it's obviously doable, it's just a matter of whether these bitches have the balls to do it.
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I don’t care what they do .. but Pickens is a must resign ….this offense needs him to be anything close to what they were this year…We cannot rely on Flournoy to be WR2 although a very impressive year for the kid ….Pickens has it all.. hands, route running ability, power , height and speed … he takes pressure off the Lamb and opens up the running game with Javonte. If Jerry has done anything right in the last million years it’s trade for this guy … it’s an absolute power move and he needs to make good on it and retain this …
 
bbgun said:
Owner Jerry Jones -- who attempted to circumvent Parsons' agent, David Mulugheta, in their negotiation process -- might be preparing to try the same approach with Pickens, who's also represented by Mulugheta.

"I don't know. We'll see how it goes," Jones said during his weekly radio appearance on 105.3 The Fan, via the team's official site. "Probably both, but I certainly expect to be speaking with George." :rolleyes
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Please circumvent Mulugheta. You’re Jerry fn Jones. You have a Netflix documentary and a helipad on your own training facility to fly to the Eugenia to digest your grandkids scouting reports. Get him blacklisted
 
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Please circumvent Mulugheta. You’re Jerry fn Jones. You have a Netflix documentary and a helipad on your own training facility to fly to the Eugenia to digest your grandkids scouting reports. Get him blacklisted
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I do not think the thing with the agent was as personal as the advice he was giving the player at that time.
 
It's a dangerous game letting him test FA but I also think many teams would be scared off by his BS, which is why the trade market probably won't be what it would be if he was completely clean personality wise. But of course it just takes one team to pay him big.

The compromise should be a deal in the 30-35 range.
 
boozeman said:
All I can say is that Pickens is like frozen orange juice or like pork bellies, which are used to make bacon.
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boozeman said:
All I can say is that Pickens is like frozen orange juice or like pork bellies, which are used to make bacon.
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Which you might find in a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich…
 
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