The Dallas Cowboys placed the franchise tag on George Pickens, and many people have seen how this ends up going for the franchise. This time around, they shared that they wouldn’t be holding contract talks for an extension with him, which has opened the eyes of people in the league.
The Cowboys could be signaling different things by announcing this, and Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports had different takes from a source about the situation.
“A source posited the Cowboys may have said they won’t negotiate with Pickens because they want the player and his representation to come to them with an offer,” Jones wrote. “It’s a negotiating ploy the source said is unlikely to work on agent David Mulugheta (and here’s where we note Mulugheta is Micah Parsons’ agent). Pickens could put strain on the team by not showing up to training camp or even games, though he would be at risk of missing game checks in excess of $1.5 million for every game missed.”
There is also a chance that the Cowboys could want to trade Pickens.
“A different source raised the possibility that the Cowboys are attempting to signal they would be willing to trade Pickens,” Jones wrote. “No team would threaten to send him an offer sheet because they would have to give up two first-round picks to acquire him, on top of the massive deal they would pay. But if the Cowboys make it known to the player, his agent and, perhaps most importantly, the entire league that they are satisfied with this position this early in the offseason, they may be letting everyone know that said player can be traded for.”
In the end, neither of those solutions is something that will happen soon, especially since Pickens hasn’t officially signed the tag yet. As of now, it will be a wait-and-see approach on what happens with the wide receiver.
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