{"id":49511,"date":"2025-11-23T19:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/49511\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:15:11","slug":"where-cowboys-stand-on-george-pickens-contract-amid-big-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/49511\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Cowboys stand on George Pickens contract amid big season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys have been inconsistent for much of the season, but that\u2019s not because of wide receiver George Pickens, who arrived in a trade from the Steelers in the offseason.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, with the 24-year-old Pickens having put up 58 catches for 908 yards and seven touchdowns in his first 10 games in Dallas, the Cowboys are interested in keeping him around as Pickens potentially heads to free agency next year.<\/p>\n

NFL Network reported <\/a>Sunday the Cowboys would like to figure out a way to sign Pickens for 2026 and perhaps even longer, if they can fit his salary under the cap.<\/p>\n

\"CowboysCowboys wide receiver George Pickens tries to get past Raiders cornerback Kyu Blu Kelly during the second half on Nov. 17, 2025. AP<\/p>\n

Pickens, selected in the second round of the 2022 draft by the Steelers, was traded to Dallas, along with a 2027 sixth-round pick, in exchange for a third-round pick in 2026 and a fifth-rounder in \u201827.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s in the final year of his rookie deal, meaning he\u2019d hit the open market \u2014 unless the Cowboys put the franchise tag on him or sign him to a new contract.<\/p>\n

Pickens would likely look to Cincinnati\u2019s Ja\u2019Marr Chase as a starting point in contract talks, with Chase having signed a four-year, $161 million deal this past offseason after Pickens\u2019 teammate, CeeDee Lamb, signed one for four years and $136 million the year prior.<\/p>\n

If the Cowboys choose to franchise tag Pickens, it would cost around $28 million and they are already lacking in cap space, so they would have to make other moves to open up room.<\/p>\n

And NFL Network reported no contract talks have begun between the two sides.<\/p>\n

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Pickens said this week of his future, \u201cI\u2019d love to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dak Prescott added he believes retaining Pickens would \u201cbe a priority in the offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas will also have to deal with another significant free agent in the offseason, kicker Brandon Aubrey, and teams can only franchise one player per year.<\/p>\n

Pickens is represented by David Mulugheta, who is also the agent of Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n

During contract talks with Parsons \u2014 before the defensive standout was traded to Green Bay just before the regular season started \u2014 Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he didn\u2019t know Mulugheta\u2019s name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys have been inconsistent for much of the season, but that\u2019s not because of wide receiver George…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2245,27822,9,24,55,54,22,56,319],"class_list":["post-49511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-george-pickens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-nfl","tag-ny","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}