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re: Olave perspective related to contract
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:34 pm to Townedrunkard
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:34 pm to Townedrunkard
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Extremely expensive? You do realize we paid more to cooks this year than what we woulda paid to Pickens….
This year. When we have to pay Olave
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if we were giving up a high 4th for a 28 year old receiver, I’d rather give up one round sooner for a younger receiver that has # 1 potential. I’ll go bump what I quoted if u like.
Goal posts. You’ve been arguing in favor of Pickens regardless of the Vele trade.
Vele was a better deal as he’s still under contract
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about talent acquisition on a team that had none. You’d rather pay two first round picks for a number one like Chase o
Talent acquisition that is a one year rental and does us no good for your proposed tanking
You build the position through the draft, not trading for Jamar chase.
Your logic is all over the place
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 1:35 pm
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:23 pm to Proximo
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Goal posts. You’ve been arguing in favor of Pickens regardless of the Vele trade. Vele was a better deal as he’s still under contract
I argued we should have got Pickens in the Vele trade thread if we were making a trade for a receiver. How is that moving the goalposts?
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This year. When we have to pay Olave
How did you know he would be extremely expensive before hand? You knew he was going to put up a top 5 receiver season? His cap charge was less than what we paid Cooks this year. Guessing u back tracking since u didn’t know. And we already paying Olave a set salary this year, so it doesn’t matter.
Still seeing many posts and mocks where we need a receiver even with the Vele trade. Think receiver would be a need with Pickens and Olave? Hell no.
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Vele was a better deal as he’s still under contract
That’s laughable. Vele will never be at top of any free agency lists. Pickens is first for every lists I’ve seen so far.
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:31 pm to Proximo
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You build the position through the draft, not trading for Jamar chase.
Not hard to understand, I rather build through the draft, we didn’t, we traded a 4th for Vele. I said if we trading picks now, the smarter trade was for Pickens since he was much younger and much better. We’d be buying low on an elite talent. On a team with not much.
A year later Pickens puts up a top 5 receiver season proving me right once again.
Like it or not, people would be super excited to have an offense with Pickens and Olave with no need to draft a receiver in the first two rounds now.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:38 pm to Chad504boy
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It’s January, he’s not a free agent. There’s a high probability he’s franchised. Keep up.
Are you this slow? He will be a free agent in the spring with all other players whose contracts expired. No he is not a free agent today b/c teams are still playing so they cannot sign him. You lack common sense. Or just gaslighting since you were wrong I guess.
And you should take your own advice and read up. You are still a free agent and can sign with any team even if u are given the franchise tag. It will cost that team two first rounders. Still a free agent though.
Keep up man…
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:50 pm to Townedrunkard
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He will be
So he’s not now
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tag. It will cost that team two first rounders.
Not a free agent then
Posted on 1/17/26 at 10:16 pm to Townedrunkard
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A year later Pickens puts up a top 5 receiver season proving me right once again.
Nobody questions the talent.
It's the cost, which is about to be 35mil+
Ans the potential headache (which he's showcased in both college and the NFL).
If you had said you know what, frick it let's get Pickens to move on from olave -- than that's another argument.
The vele or Pickens argument, is a different discussion. One is a still a low cost controlled player, the other is now a free agent about to break 35mil. You make the teade for Pickens with the plan to pay him, or else it's a waste of a pick (similarly to what San Fran had done for chase young)
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:32 am to Chad504boy
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Not a free agent then
Can he sign with any team that he wants to? The answer is yes. That’s the definition of a free agent, so you are wrong.
That team will have to fork over two firsts, but Dallas has no power to stop him from leaving.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 8:34 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:42 am to htran90
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You make the teade for Pickens with the plan to pay him, or else it's a waste of a pick (similarly to what San Fran had done for chase young)
I’ve said this repeatedly on here. You see if we works out and gels with the locker room. Yiu had one year to see. No way in hell would I sign him in free agency.
If u don’t want to pay him, he walks on a big contract, and yiu getting that 3rd back as a comp pick. So what did you lose? I think it was worth the gamble b/c who really trusted Olave to stay healthy last offseason.
Vele is on a great contract, but we gave up a high 4th for essentially two years of him. He had less than 300 yards in 13 games. And receiver is still a huge need that we’ll have to fill with a high draft pick.
You had the chance to put together two all pro receivers. You can afford them both with your starting qb only making 2 million the next three years….
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 8:43 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:43 am to Townedrunkard
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Can he sign with any team that he wants to? The answer is yes
The answer is no mother fricker when the cowboys use an exclusive tag. Jesus you are a dumb fricker that claims to know so much. So still, we have official, he’s not a free agent right now.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:45 am to Chad504boy
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The answer is no mother fricker when the cowboys use an exclusive tag. Jesus you are a dumb fricker that claims to know so much. So still, we have official, he’s not a free agent right now.
You are an aggravating idiot. First trying to argue semantics that he’s not a free agent, like we are talking right now, the season is over for us and the cowboys. Hes a free agent. Just take the L and move on. And if they put the franchise tag on him, he’s still a free agent.
I’ll do a ban bet right now that they are not putting an exclusive tag on Pickens. That’s only used on young QBs.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 8:47 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:47 am to Townedrunkard
Vele had three years as you well know. Why say essentially two lol
You can't be that desperate to be right.
You can't be that desperate to be right.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:51 am to Townedrunkard
So he’s not a free agent and cowboys very well might and could tag Pickens thus not becoming. A FREE Agent to which you won’t the frick up about.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:53 am to goatmilker
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Vele had three years as you well know. Why say essentially two lol
He had maybe two good games the entire year then got hurt. He was a non factor most of the year. It’s why I said that.
I’m not desperate to say I’m right. I said I’d rather trade one round up and get Pickens instead of Vele. He put up an all pro, top 5 season. Vele was a ghost majority of the year. There’s nothing to compare.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 8:54 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:00 am to Chad504boy
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So he’s not a free agent and cowboys very well might and could tag Pickens thus not becoming. A FREE Agent to which you won’t the frick up about.
If they use the exclusive rights tag then yes you are right.
Just looked it up. It’s only been used 4 times in the last 15 years. We used it on Brees, a in his prime Kirk Cousins, Von Miller who was the top pass rusher at the time. And Leveon Bell who was the best running back in the league at the time.
It’s never been used on a receiver. So it would be the first time in history.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 9:05 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:03 am to Chad504boy
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As he puts a bow on his best season as a pro, he'll do so knowing free agency awaits him on the other side of Week 18,
Quoted this in the article you just posted. We are on the other side of week 18, so is he a free agent now?
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:41 am to Townedrunkard
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so is he a free agent now?
Absolutely he is not. Don’t you know shite?
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:54 am to Chad504boy
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Absolutely he is not. Don’t you know shite?
You are an idiot. That I know.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 9:59 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:34 pm to saints5021
Unpopular opinion, but I would let the open market take him.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 6:17 pm to Townedrunkard
George Pickens now expected to be franchise tagged THUS won’t be a FREE FREE AGENT. GEE WIZ… who thunk dis
Posted on 2/7/26 at 6:25 pm to saints5021
I am not giving this dude a big money long term deal.
I’d much rather invest in trenches and trade him for a pick.
Bookmark this.
I’d much rather invest in trenches and trade him for a pick.
Bookmark this.
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