Extending Pickens

Smitty said:
They could actually make noise this year, so they will clearly fuck around and mess everything up.
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A part of me kind of hopes that he holds out because maybe he can force these idiots to finally address a contract the right way and get it out of the way early instead of letting it linger from one year to the next.

Those buffoons are feeling comfortable because they feel like they have him at least for this year. But what if they don't? What if he sits out? That puts the offense in a tough spot and it limits the overall success of the team.

They'd either have to trade him or finally sign him. But what they couldn't do is what they usually do, and that's sit on their ass without urgency to get a star player re-signed.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Am I the only one who doesn't give a shit if he shows up to offseason workouts? Including mandatory minicamp. I just don't care.

It feels like the media drama is just feeding into the situation.
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I dont care, either. I also have come to terms that this is last year in Dallas.

I have also come to terms that the bullshit will always continue.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Am I the only one who doesn't give a shit if he shows up to offseason workouts? Including mandatory minicamp. I just don't care.

It feels like the media drama is just feeding into the situation.
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Same here. But you just know that if he doesn't show and/or holds out, the wailing and gnashing of teeth will be out of control. Both here and in the media.
 
Simpleton said:
Yep, don't really care unless he starts sitting out TC with made up injuries like Parsons.
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I don't think they can extend him once July 15 hits anyway, so I don't think it would even make sense for him to hold out of training camp. There isn't even anything they could do at that point.
 
Genghis Khan said:
I don't think they can extend him once July 15 hits anyway, so I don't think it would even make sense for him to hold out of training camp. There isn't even anything they could do at that point.
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I think they can agree to pay him more on a one year deal but that's about it after July 15. But they can still essentially extend a 1 year offer.
 
Rev said:
I dont care, either. I also have come to terms that this is last year in Dallas.

I have also come to terms that the bullshit will always continue.
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Really? This cynicism is a complete surprise coming from you.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Am I the only one who doesn't give a shit if he shows up to offseason workouts? Including mandatory minicamp. I just don't care.

It feels like the media drama is just feeding into the situation.
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I feel like the team is all but openly giving Pickens the finger and challenging him to defy the franchise tag. Dallas is openly saying, "We don't trust you" when he's given them no good reason to doubt him.

From Pickens' perspective, his "prove it" year was last year, and he delivered an elite performance, worth the neighborhood of whatever the top WR in 2025 was paid. Dallas paid a whole 3.656 million for it. It's like Dallas already owes him 30 million.

From Pickens' perspective, what more does he need to show, especially with a guy like Christian Watson who's missed 20 games in four seasons compared with Pickens' 3 getting 4 years 110 million with a 31 million dollar bonus? Pickens has 2000 more receiving yards in those 4 years with average to poor QB'ing in 3 of those seasons.

Dallas wants another year where they can underpay Pickens' with zero long-term assurances. They want to take their cake and eat it too without compromise. Like @Smitty said, they are fucking this up. Getting fucking cute when they should just pay the man.

Yes, George Pickens is getting a huge sum of money, but they are shorting him millions from what he's really worth. Realistically Pickens has eight elite years to offer the NFL of which he's already played half.

Each year he waits is huge money lost. Ideally he should be on a 3 year deal starting now so he can cash in at least one last time.

Why shouldn't he exhaust his options fighting for that?

Hell, I would. You would too, if it was you.
 
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I don't mind them wanting to see this guy two years in a row before making a big investment, but if the idea is to just hold onto him for this year because you can't figure out how to make it work financially in the long term, and then do who knows what in 8 months, then they're idiots.
 
Simpleton said:
I don't mind them wanting to see this guy two years in a row before making a big investment, but if the idea is to just hold onto him for this year because you can't figure out how to make it work financially in the long term, and then do who knows what in 8 months, then they're idiots.
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Mingo will be ready by then. Jerry is playing 4D chess.
 
Simpleton said:
I don't mind them wanting to see this guy two years in a row before making a big investment, but if the idea is to just hold onto him for this year because you can't figure out how to make it work financially in the long term, and then do who knows what in 8 months, then they're idiots.
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I'm pretty sure that's exactly what's going to happen.

I still can't believe they didn't either sign him or trade him already. To me this was the worst possible option.
 
I have a feeling that how the team ends up matters a lot in this. If we make a deep run I feel like there's a much bigger chance he returns. I think there's very little chance he returns if the season is a big failure because they'll think they need to use his money elsewhere.
 
ravidubey said:
What reason? Compared to a guy missing 20 games?
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What another team does with their players is irrelevant.

Pickens has had disciplinary issues even if we just look at his time in Dallas. He was literally benched for a series. And several local reporters have hinted that there were other issues throughout the season.

On top of that it was his only truly elite season out of four in his career and only his second above 1000 yards.

Saying he's "given them no good reason to doubt him" just isn't true.

If it were up to me I'd sign him long term right now and just figure it out but it's silly to say he hasn't given them any reason to doubt him.
 
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