{"id":779146,"date":"2026-02-27T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/779146\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:00:36","slug":"should-the-chiefs-sign-ex-cowboys-wr-george-pickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/779146\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the Chiefs sign ex-Cowboys WR George Pickens?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb. 26, 2026, 8:01 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> general manager Brett Veach will have some difficult decisions to make when the NFL’s legal tampering window for free agency opens on March 9.<\/p>\n

Among the players Veach may have the option to sign is former Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens.<\/p>\n

Should Veach seriously consider picking up Pickens next month?<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at what Pickens might cost Kansas City next season:<\/p>\n

George Pickens 2025 salary\"Nov<\/p>\n

Pickens played on the franchise tag last season. According to OverTheCap.com<\/a>, he earned a fully guaranteed base salary of $28,824,000.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>How much money will George Pickens make on his next contract?\"Feb<\/p>\n

The experts at Spotrac.com<\/a> estimate that the market value of Pickens’ next contract would be a deal that pays the mercurial wide receiver $122,425,436 over four years.<\/p>\n

Should Kansas City sign George Pickens in free agency?\"Dec<\/p>\n

While the Chiefs would benefit from Pickens’ presence in Andy Reid’s offense, Kansas City may have a hard time affording the high-dollar contract that the former Georgia Bulldog will command in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 26, 2026, 8:01 p.m. CT Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach will have some difficult decisions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[95878,230,229,257,2461,7,6,96828,96829,95882,97505,96253,96540,95896,95888,95897,96099,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-779146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-dallascowboys","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflchiefs","16":"tag-sstsnchiefs","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagfree-agency","19":"tag-taggeorge-pickens","20":"tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-negative","24":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116140836391113716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}