Not too long ago, Dallas Cowboys vast receiver CeeDee Lamb and quarterback Dak Prescott each publicly campaigned for Cowboys proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones to “please work out a method” to pay vast receiver George Pickens “each greenback that he deserves.”
Pickens will spend the upcoming season taking part in for the Cowboys on the franchise tag price roughly $27.3M. Throughout an look on the FanDuel TV “Up & Adams” program, Jones despatched a robust message to Pickens relating to the 25-year-old’s future.
Jerry Jones: George Pickens can earn a fair larger contract from Cowboys
“He can come out right here and have the yr that he is proficient sufficient and mentally ready to have, and that contract [could] be quite a bit larger than it could have been,” Jones said about Pickens.
The Cowboys acquired Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers within the spring of 2025, and he recorded 93 receptions for 1,429 yards and 9 touchdowns throughout his first season with Dallas. Nonetheless, a number of the red flags relating to Pickens’ character that hovered over him throughout his Pittsburgh tenure appeared to follow him to Dallas.
The notion exists that the Cowboys could not belief Pickens to stay on his greatest conduct and keep totally devoted to the trigger sufficient to ensure him a boatload of cash past the 2026 season. Whereas Cowboys government vice chairman Stephen Jones insisted earlier this week that the crew’s “final purpose” is to lock Pickens down with a multiyear deal, some think Dallas is already ready to retain Pickens’ rights for 2027 by way of the franchise tag.
Jerry Jones wished to have a motivated George Pickens as a part of the 2026 Cowboys
Throughout the present phase, Jerry Jones hinted that he hasn’t but determined whether or not to maintain the 2027 tag unattached for Pickens.
“On a private foundation,” Jerry Jones added, “contract, no contract, I have been as motivated within the pursuit of a contract as I’ve been after I received the contract. And so there’s a complete lot of human make-up that that pursuit of doing higher in order that it is going to be higher is a greater motivator.”
Briefly, Jerry Jones clearly needs Pickens to “answer all those questions” earlier than the Cowboys make a multiyear monetary dedication to the wideout.
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