The Invasion- Market For Pickens Goes Up
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
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March 23rd, 2026
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| 0:00.0 | But the Dallas Cowboys, as they sit idly by, wondering, will they work out a long-term contract agreement with one George Pickens? |
| 0:11.6 | Of course, we know he's going to play on the franchise tag, if not, $28 million. |
| 0:17.3 | Well, the price might have just gone up a bit because Rockwall's own, a local kid, and you talk about made good, Jackson Smith and Jigba, the Super Bowl champion wide receiver from the Seattle Seahawks, Got a new contract extension this year. |
| 0:38.0 | He was eligible, and this is another thing that I'm sure Dallas is like, what the hell? |
| 0:43.4 | He was a first round pick, but he's only been in the league three years. |
| 0:46.0 | What are they doing? |
| 0:47.6 | So they went ahead and extended Jackson Smith and Jigba after his third season this past year. |
| 0:53.7 | At an average of 4242.15 million per season, it is the highest ever contract in the history |
| 1:03.9 | of the NFL for a wide receiver. |
| 1:06.5 | Is it four for 168? |
| 1:08.1 | $168.6 million dollars with over 120 million guaranteed. |
| 1:14.4 | And man, I was just wondering, and we talk about this a lot, and I know that the salary |
| 1:18.4 | cap goes up, and we just don't know where that number is going to end up. |
| 1:22.4 | I was of the mindset that maybe Jamar Chase had hit his head on the ceiling because it feels like |
| 1:29.7 | DAC as far as average annual salary goes has hit his head on the ceiling because some people |
| 1:35.8 | would say man 60 million is going to be the fifth six highest paid quarterback in a couple |
| 1:40.9 | years so why is everyone tripping over it? And no one's come close. |
| 1:45.3 | And with Jamar Chase being $5 million a year, average annual salary over every other |
| 1:50.2 | wide receiver, I was wondering if that was going to be the case. |
| 1:53.1 | Well, nope. |
| 1:54.4 | Jackson Smith and Jigba gets 168.6, 42.15. |
| 2:01.0 | And the first thought I had in my mind was, |
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