{"id":428365,"date":"2026-09-06T23:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428365\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:48:16","slug":"dallas-cowboys-all-pro-receives-142-million-contract-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428365\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys All-Pro Receives $142 Million Contract Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s really no ceiling to what Dallas Cowboys<\/a> wide receiver George Pickens<\/a> can get paid in 2027 if he puts together another NFL All-Pro season in 2026 as he did in 2025.<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report\u2019s Kristopher Knox<\/a> put Pickens at the top of his list of potential NFL free agents in 2027 and predicts he\u2019ll land a 4-year, $142 million contract.<\/p>\n

Pickens is playing on a franchise tag in 2026 that will pay him approximately $27 million for the season after playing out his 4-year, $6.75 million rookie contract.<\/p>\n

He had a career year in 2025, his 1st season with the Cowboys, with 93 receptions for 1,429 yards and 9 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

\u201cPickens is also still only 25 years old,\u201d Knox wrote on September 6. \u201cHowever, Pickens will need to show that he can consistently produce at a Pro Bowl level to earn a top-of-the-market deal. His production fluctuated during his three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, and Pittsburgh was willing to trade him for third- and fifth-round picks last offseason. Former Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin also questioned Pickens\u2019 ability to be a leader following the trade, which probably won\u2019t be forgotten by some team decision-makers. If Pickens has another Pro Bowl season while continuing to repair his locker-room reputation, he should be able to match recent receiver deals \u2014 like Drake London\u2019s four-year, $141.1 million extension \u2014 on the open market.\u201d<\/p>\n

George Pickens Made Savvy Move With Franchise Tag<\/p>\n

The \u201cwill he or won\u2019t he\u201d drama surrounding Pickens and whether he would sign the franchise tag didn\u2019t last long \u2014 he signed the deal on April 29 and we never heard another peep from him or his team in terms of drama the rest of the offseason, preseason, and training camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge Pickens has signed the franchise tag, according to a source,\u201d\u00a0Archer wrote<\/a>\u00a0on his X account. \u201cThe signing of the tender guarantees Pickens $27.3 million for this season. It gives him injury protection as well. Yes, theoretically, it opens up the possibility of a trade, but Stephen Jones<\/a> said the Cowboys have no intention of dealing him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> traded him to the Cowboys for a 3rd-round pick in May 2025 after several years of on-field and off-field behavior that seemed to hold back his team.<\/p>\n

Problems Controlling Behavior, Being On Time<\/p>\n

Pickens\u2019 behavior prompted former Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin<\/a>\u00a0to publicly tell Pickens he needed to \u201cGrow Up\u201d late in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

Pickens somehow made things worse after that by showing up over 30 minutes late to the stadium<\/a>\u00a0before the Steelers\u2019 Christmas Day game against the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was finally healthy, how did he respond?\u201d\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s Mike DeFabo<\/a> wrote on January 22. \u201cBy showing up late for the Christmas Day game against the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>. Tomlin asks players to report to games at least two hours before kickoff. On Dec. 25, Pickens walked through the media entrance an hour and 25 minutes before kickoff. That was\u00a0after\u00a0inactive players were announced.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 3 seasons with the Steelers, Pickens was fined a staggering 10 times by the\u00a0NFL<\/a> for a variety of offenses. That includes 3 times for taunting, once for making an obscene gesture, and once when he wrote\u00a0\u201cOPEN (EXPLETIVE) ALWAYS\u201d<\/a>\u00a0on his eye black tape against the Cowboys in 2024.<\/p>\n

In total, Pickens has been fined approximately $220,000 by the NFL<\/a> over his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s really no ceiling to what Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens can get paid in 2027 if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-428365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}