Cowboys' Pickens Contract Drama Threatens Cap Sheet

0:00It's April 1st. This is NFL News today football coverage powered by AI. The Dallas Cowboys are no strangers to offseason contract drama. Over the last few years, they've hashed out big deals with stars like Dak Prescott and CD Lamb in 2024. Then Micah Parsons in 20. 25. Now it's wide receiver George Pickens pushing for a long-term extension. But the team seems fine letting him play out the franchise tag this year. The hesitation boils down to the exploding wide receiver market. Pickens eyes, top dollar after Jackson Smith, Injigba, inked deal averaging $42 million a year. Cowboys brass worries that paying Pickens that much would eclipse CD Lamb's pay and spark trouble. Former NFL exec Mike Tannenbaum nailed it on TV, warning that a rich Pickens deal over $36 million could have lamb knocking on the door. For a raise, players respect each other chasing bags, but Lamb's got 5 straight thousand yard seasons under his belt. He's the proven alpha here.

1:00Lamb's more stabless track record makes it logical he pushed back if leapfrogged. Tannenbaum figures Dallas Micah Pickens around $28.7 million, like T Higgins earns as a number 2 option in. Cincinnati. This standoff highlights how one contract can domino into chaos for the Cowboys cap sheet, keeping everyone guessing through training camp.