Cowboys get bad news with latest monster wide receiver contract extension
The Seattle Seahawks have extended wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba to a huge contract extension and that's bad news for the Dallas Cowboys' hopes of signing wide receiver George Pickens to a new deal.
Cowboys get bad news with latest monster wide receiver contract extension originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . As the Dallas Cowboys try and sort through working out a contract extension with franchise-tagged wide receiver George Pickens, a new wide receiver extension reported on Monday might not help their chances of getting something done.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter , the Seattle Seahawks signed wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba to a monster contract extension that resets the market at the position. JSN's deal with the Seahawks is a four-year pact worth $168. 8 million, with $120 million guaranteed.
The total value, annual average and guaranteed money are all records for the wide receiver position. As former ESPN reporter and long-time Cowboys beat writer Ed Werder notes, this deal could impact the Cowboys' negotiations with Pickens. "This contract could impact the Cowboys negotiations with franchise-tagged WR George Pickens," Werder wrote .
How this impacts Cowboys, Pickens If Pickens is looking for top-of-the-market money, his price just went up — and it could go up even further if the Los Angeles Rams hammer out an extension with their elite wideout, Puka Nacua, who is due for one this offseason. While nobody is expecting Pickens to reset the market with his new deal, the fact that the top of the market has gone up and everyone has been pushed down a spot behind Smith-Njigba could lead to Pickens looking for more money. This puts the Cowboys in an impossible position.