{"id":333803,"date":"2026-06-12T16:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/333803\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:14:28","slug":"dallas-cowboys-get-george-pickens-plot-twist-and-we-should-have-seen-it-coming-from-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/333803\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys get George Pickens plot twist, and we should have seen it coming from miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Cowboys kick off mandatory minicamp next week. Will star wide receiver George Pickens be in attendance after being franchise tagged by the front office? <\/p>\n

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When it comes to Dallas Cowboys football, it\u2019s easy to get your hopes up. That\u2019s true whether we\u2019re talking about a regular season game, Super Bowl hopes, and yes, even mandatory minicamp attendance. <\/p>\n

For a minute there, it seemed like wide receiver George Pickens and the Cowboys would get some smooth sailing<\/a> when the team reports to mandatory minicamp next Tuesday. But the latest Pickens \u201cquote\u201d is certainly not promising. <\/p>\n

Pickens non-committal to showing up to Cowboys minicamp<\/p>\n

Cowboys insider Nick Harris from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram recently interviewed Pickens<\/a> at a youth camp held in Corpus Christi Texas. Though the star receiver didn\u2019t provide a single word in response, his answer was sort of clear. <\/p>\n

\u201cPickens gave a shrug with an \u2018uhhhh\u2019 before a representative of his agency cut him off to say he would not be answering any more questions,\u201d Harris wrote. <\/p>\n

I am no behavioral psychologist nor do I want to be. But under a week away from minicamp, that doesn\u2019t seem like the kind of answer you get from a player trying to attend. And it\u2019s certainly a shift from what Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said earlier in the week, indicating he expected Pickens at minicamp. <\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s clear Schottenheimer\u2019s messaging is that of a coach talking about mandatory practices. Of course he expects all players to be there. Last year, the Cowboys head coach said the same about Micah Parsons, and the latter did report. But that was an entirely different situation with an ongoing contract negotiation. <\/p>\n

This time, Pickens and the Cowboys know an extension isn\u2019t getting done in 2026 because Stephen Jones announced it to the world prior to the NFL Draft. <\/p>\n

We should have seen this coming<\/p>\n

Listen, we don\u2019t know for sure Pickens isn\u2019t showing up. But if his response indicates what we think it does, it\u2019s honestly not a surprise. <\/p>\n

Could he possibly benefit from showing up and preparing for another standout season? Yes. <\/p>\n

Is he going to give the Cowboys a win after shutting down negotiations when it\u2019s very likely he would be ready to go as long as he gets time in on training camp? Probably not. <\/p>\n

I know it sucks to wait and wait (and we do this every year) but it\u2019s starting to look like we\u2019ll have a full holdout conversation again in late July when the Cowboys kick off training camp in Oxnard, California. <\/p>\n

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