{"id":873802,"date":"2026-04-24T20:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/873802\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:42:18","slug":"expect-george-pickens-cowboys-saga-to-drag-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/873802\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect George Pickens Cowboys Saga to Drag Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-opponents\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Opponents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-11-2025-AFC-WildCard-Steelers-v-Ravens-12698.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens in a playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 12, 2025. &#8211; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>George Pickens isn\u2019t going anywhere. According to Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, the former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver will be staying put with America\u2019s Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have zero intention of moving George Pickens,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonmachota\/status\/2047522104287875434?s=20\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jones said<\/a> Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys decided earlier this week that they won\u2019t dish out a long-term contract to Pickens, who just enjoyed the best season of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho warned the Cowboys on Wednesday night. Pickens developed a reputation for being volatile during his time with the Steelers, who shipped him to the Lone Star State last offseason.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777063338_874_12-18-2024-Steelers-Practice-12591.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens\" class=\"wp-image-97907\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens at practice on Dec. 18, 2024. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowboys just turned George\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/george-pickens\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pickens<\/a>\u00a0into a monster \u2014 and they have no solution for the problem that they just created,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/speakeasytlkshw\/status\/2047155755548393936?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Acho said<\/a> on \u201cSpeakeasy. \u201cYou cannot tell another grown man coming off a astronomical statistical season that he is going to get franchise tagged and y\u2019all aren\u2019t even gonna have discussions about it. And you\u2019re gonna tell him that April 22? George Pickens is not your son who says, \u2018Mom, how come?\u2019 And you say, \u2018Because I said so.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t talk to grown men like that. \u2026 The dumbest decision the Dallas Cowboys could have made is remove any sense of hope that George Pickens is gonna get long-term money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pickens will make over $27 million on the franchise tag next season. He\u2019ll have to prove once again that he\u2019s worth a big payday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/dallas-cowboys\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/george-pickens\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">George Pickens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers Opponents Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens in a playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,467,6,57,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-873802","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-pittsburgh-steelers","16":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116461630026614913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873802","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=873802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}