{"id":81642,"date":"2025-05-27T01:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T01:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/81642\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T01:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T01:58:09","slug":"this-former-nfl-gm-thinks-new-cowboy-george-pickens-will-have-a-standout-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/81642\/","title":{"rendered":"This former NFL GM thinks new Cowboy George Pickens will have a standout season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/george-pickens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/george-pickens\/\">George Pickens<\/a> racked up 2,841 receiving yards over his first three seasons in the NFL, despite a less-than-stellar group of quarterbacks throwing him the ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">How might the 24-year-old WR fare with the 2023 NFL MVP runner-up as his QB? <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">One former NFL general manager seems to think pretty well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Mike Tannenbaum, the former GM of the New York Jets and current NFL analyst for ESPN, is bullish on Pickens\u2019 2025 season outlook in a Cowboys uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Be the smartest Cowboys fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/video\/clip\/_\/id\/45329652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/video\/clip\/_\/id\/45329652\">On ESPN\u2019s \u201cGet Up\u201d, Tannenbaum pointed<\/a> to his experience in having WRs on contract years in predicting a successful season for Pickens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cSantonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, those were guys that either had one or two years left on their deal. You\u2019re gonna get the best of whatever they have. George Pickens is going to be a point scorer. It\u2019s really hard to double both CeeDee Lamb, Jake Ferguson and George Pickens. I think he\u2019ll have an exceptionally good year,\u201d Tannenbaum said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Pickens is entering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/05\/07\/what-is-the-contract-status-of-newest-dallas-cowboys-wr-george-pickens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/05\/07\/what-is-the-contract-status-of-newest-dallas-cowboys-wr-george-pickens\/\">the final year of his four-year rookie contract<\/a>. He is represented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/04\/01\/who-is-david-mulugheta-5-things-to-know-about-agent-representing-cowboys-micah-parsons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/04\/01\/who-is-david-mulugheta-5-things-to-know-about-agent-representing-cowboys-micah-parsons\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Mulugheta<\/a>, who also serves as the agent for star Cowboys pass rusher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/05\/06\/what-we-know-about-micah-parsons-contract-negotiations-with-dallas-cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/05\/06\/what-we-know-about-micah-parsons-contract-negotiations-with-dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\">Micah Parsons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/05\/07\/what-is-the-contract-status-of-newest-dallas-cowboys-wr-george-pickens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What is the contract status of newest Dallas Cowboys WR George Pickens?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Both players are currently seeking long-term extensions. Pickens is set to make $3.6 million for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/02\/10\/dallas-cowboys-2025-offseason-central-nfl-draft-free-agents-key-dates-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys 2025 offseason central: Key dates, roster moves and more<\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/05\/24\/see-which-dallas-cowboys-wide-receiver-is-among-nfls-most-underappreciated-players\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See which Dallas Cowboys wide receiver is among NFL\u2019s most underappreciated players<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens racked up 2,841 receiving yards over his first three seasons in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,467,6,12902,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-81642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallascowboys","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-george-pickens","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-dallas-cowboys","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114577323081033201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81642","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=81642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}