Cowboys WR George Pickens promises big year; Stephen Jones confirms no trade calls
Amid word of no trade interest and rumors of another tag next year, George Pickens is promising fans his 2026 season will be "another movie."
For Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens, the 2025 season was a statistical high point. Now the 2026 campaign is about to be a financial one. The just-turned-25-year-old, who has made a grand total of $8.
78 million over his four years in the league , is set to rake in a whopping $27. 29 in 2026. That figure- fully guaranteed- represents the going rate for a wide receiver playing on the non-exclusive franchise tag, which the Cowboys placed on Pickens in late February.
The move technically bound the former second-round draft pick to Dallas for the coming season, but it also gave other teams a window of opportunity to come calling with offers to pry him away, after his first Pro Bowl nod and personal high-water marks in catches, receiving yards, and touchdowns. The price would be high, but so is Pickens's potential in an offense where he's not sharing targets with CeeDee Lamb. A few teams have been mentioned as possible trade partners, and the Cowboys have a reputation for always being open for business.
But executive vice president Stephen Jones says the phones have been quiet in regard to Pickens. "You hate to get into things like that," Jones told Dallas radio station 105. 3 The Fan on Tuesday.