February 17, 2026 • 6 mins
After a story comes out regarding Cowboys WR George Pickens being fined last season, we discuss whether this was just the usual offseason force field of Cowboys content, or if he's legitimately a problem that the Cowboys should try to avoid.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:29):
Are you kidding me? We gotta do that.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
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Speaker 3 (01:01):
Around the sports, KT twins as.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
All the sports.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Yes, all right, I have one cowboy thing. I have
one ranger thing. I did the cowboy thing first. Todd
Archer wrote an article yesterday pun and it was about
George Pickens. Today is the day the Cowboys can can
offer George Pickens the franchise tag and he'll have a
couple weeks to sign it, and then they can still
negotiate a long term deal. But in the very last
(01:28):
paragraph of a long article, read this quote. The questions
about him in Pittsburgh, maturity and timeliness weren't as much
of a problem for the Cowboys. That doesn't mean those
issues disappeared when he arrived. Coach Brian Schottenheimer alluded to
Pickens still being late to things, and multiple sources said
Pickens was fine during the season, which we kind of
(01:49):
knew that he was suspended for the first series of
a game because him and Ceedee Lamb went to off
the strip, you know, casino in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
That's called being a wide receiver in the NFL.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Ryan Schottenheimer multiple times said George Pickens don't really like
Wednesday and Thursday, practices like throughout the year.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
But that last paragraph got everyone go. Now, there they go.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
They're negotiating through the media. There it is. And I'm like,
I don't know if that's really what they're doing. And
that's not really Archer's bit. It's not Archer's bit. If
it was someone else, maybe I would I might think that, Like,
I don't think he would do that, and I mean
he might if he needed to. But like, also, if
you were going to negotiate with the media and George
Pickens would go they're really just tired of him getting
a personal foul friendly every game, every game.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Okay, yeah, we do we get an answer to this.
Can they trade him?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
They cannot?
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Okay, so they can now no, But if they franchise
tag him, can they trade franchise him, they can even.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Before it's resolved, just so he's franchise tagged once he
signs in. It's like the NBA where the agent would
get involved. I don't I don't know that.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I don't understand how they could trade a player who's
not under contract, right.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
But if you franchise him, he's under contract for one
year at twenty eight million.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Okay, So he is officially under Tracy point.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Well, I guess another team would be like, Okay, we'll
negotiate with the agent, and.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, I guess because I've heard a lot of talk
about people saying do you keep him? Do you trade him?
And I was thinking about this the other day. I
was like, dude, it's so awesome to have him. The
offense is so good. I wont seven games with him. Yeah, Like,
if you don't have a defense, does it matter if
you've got Jerry Rice at his prime over there with See,
he doesn't matter. Is it irresponsible to try to build
(03:27):
a team that way?
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I don't think so, because they have two first round
picks and so they could have two rookie contributors on
you know, first round quality guys. To me, the real
question is what do they do salary wise with Kenny Clark.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
In other words, he's got one year left and it's
twenty five million or whatever that fat number is. So
that needs to be a ten million dollar hit. They
need to restructure the deal, extend him out, give them
a bonus. And if they do that, then I look
at it as, yeah, that's that's fine, because you're getting
one of your upper level guys at a different amount.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I guess it comes down to this, We're like, all right,
it's irresponsible to have three tackles making that much money.
It's irresponsible to have two wide receivers making that much money.
I'm saying, irresponsible if you can't build out the rest
of your team. If the Joneses are willing to go
for it and absolutely go all in and they're going
to spend it free agency and really put a roster together, fine,
(04:20):
it's then a strength. But if you find out, well,
we couldn't build a defense because we have two receivers
making thirty five million dollars a.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Year, you're like, that sucks man.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The way I was, I was reading so much about
the Rams in the last couple months leading up to
their loss, and how quickly they went all in, won
a Super Bowl, tore it down, and then.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
We're back in three years.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah, And part of it was they drafted well, they
obviously had the quarterback. And it's the thing that's constantly evolving,
constantly changing. It wasn't their overall master plan. Remember Sean
McVay was about to leave, right and then they got it.
The ship righted and got back in the mix. I
just think where the Cowboys are at and with how
long it's been, I definitely think they should go, you know,
(05:01):
mortgage the future for this upcoming year and then it
doesn't matter if they tear it back down.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Look at the ball last thirty years. You hear Jerry yesterday.
So Jerry had a quote where he was saying he
was talking about, well, we saw in the super Bowl.
There's reason to be excited because you look at that.
Those are teams that went from me and a pumpkin
tick carrot.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah. The team that one asks five defensive ends, you
have none, right I that's I mean, that's very The
other thing is interesting if they wanted to do it
this way is they could figure out, like, hey, we're
gonna try to get this money freed up. You can
draft a wide receiver and then get rid of George Pickens.
But thirty five million dollars, well, I'm saying I have
(05:41):
now I have money due They're they're depend on defense.
Yeah there.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I even heard somebody the other day speculating that speculaton
that they if they really want that safety, that transcendent safety,
who's like uh, oh down guy, yeah, yeah, that they
would have to trade up for him, and they would
even consider that.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I'm like, you only have two first you don't have
a second or third round pick.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Right.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
He is great for building the foundation of your defense
for a long term future. But they need to go now.
If you have a good quarterback, then you're you're holding
your dogs in the corner.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
They're two, they're two, they're two best defensive players are
twenty nine years old.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Yeah, yeah, it's problem. Uh.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
And then quickly the Rangers drama. Yeah, you know, we'll
do it baby tomorrow. I like it hold tomorrow. So
Rangers drama is gonna hold all right?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Coming up next in the second half of Entertainment, headlines
goodbye and one of the greatest actors of our time.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
He is in heaven eating ice cream. Talk about that
next
Been in Skin Show ninety seven point one the Eagle.
Be listening for your chance to win Bush tickets. They're
coming to Toyota Music Factory in April. We're gonna give
them away in the next ninety minutes. Got to be
listening for your chance to win. You have to have
that free streaming. iHeart app It is the key to everything.
A legend has passed on to the next plane after
ninety five strong years. We'll talk about Robert Duval here
(00:21):
in fifteen minutes, but right now it's time for this.
Oh wait, hold on, Steven, I want to give a
shout out to Franklin Frankel.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Are you kidding me? We gotta do that.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Those they sponsor our sports segment every day. Those guys
are great. Remember the number. It's all threes two and four,
three three three thirty three thirty three. That also works
with eight one seven. Hold on a second, Steven, I
know you're ready. And those guys have been leading the
charge on being advocates for injury victims for thirty years.
For thirty years, they've been fighting for you. They're the
(00:51):
ones to turn two no out of pocket expenses for
our friends. Mark Scott gen Frankel and Frankel. Okay, Steven,
go ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Around the sports, KT twins as.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
All the sports.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Yes, all right, I have one cowboy thing. I have
one ranger thing. I did the cowboy thing first. Todd
Archer wrote an article yesterday pun and it was about
George Pickens. Today is the day the Cowboys can can
offer George Pickens the franchise tag and he'll have a
couple weeks to sign it, and then they can still
negotiate a long term deal. But in the very last
(01:28):
paragraph of a long article, read this quote. The questions
about him in Pittsburgh, maturity and timeliness weren't as much
of a problem for the Cowboys. That doesn't mean those
issues disappeared when he arrived. Coach Brian Schottenheimer alluded to
Pickens still being late to things, and multiple sources said
Pickens was fine during the season, which we kind of
(01:49):
knew that he was suspended for the first series of
a game because him and Ceedee Lamb went to off
the strip, you know, casino in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
That's called being a wide receiver in the NFL.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Ryan Schottenheimer multiple times said George Pickens don't really like
Wednesday and Thursday, practices like throughout the year.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
But that last paragraph got everyone go. Now, there they go.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
They're negotiating through the media. There it is. And I'm like,
I don't know if that's really what they're doing. And
that's not really Archer's bit. It's not Archer's bit. If
it was someone else, maybe I would I might think that, Like,
I don't think he would do that, and I mean
he might if he needed to. But like, also, if
you were going to negotiate with the media and George
Pickens would go they're really just tired of him getting
a personal foul friendly every game, every game.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Okay, yeah, we do we get an answer to this.
Can they trade him?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
They cannot?
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Okay, so they can now no, But if they franchise
tag him, can they trade franchise him, they can even.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Before it's resolved, just so he's franchise tagged once he
signs in. It's like the NBA where the agent would
get involved. I don't I don't know that.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I don't understand how they could trade a player who's
not under contract, right.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
But if you franchise him, he's under contract for one
year at twenty eight million.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Okay, So he is officially under Tracy point.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Well, I guess another team would be like, Okay, we'll
negotiate with the agent, and.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, I guess because I've heard a lot of talk
about people saying do you keep him? Do you trade him?
And I was thinking about this the other day. I
was like, dude, it's so awesome to have him. The
offense is so good. I wont seven games with him. Yeah, Like,
if you don't have a defense, does it matter if
you've got Jerry Rice at his prime over there with See,
he doesn't matter. Is it irresponsible to try to build
(03:27):
a team that way?
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I don't think so, because they have two first round
picks and so they could have two rookie contributors on
you know, first round quality guys. To me, the real
question is what do they do salary wise with Kenny Clark.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
In other words, he's got one year left and it's
twenty five million or whatever that fat number is. So
that needs to be a ten million dollar hit. They
need to restructure the deal, extend him out, give them
a bonus. And if they do that, then I look
at it as, yeah, that's that's fine, because you're getting
one of your upper level guys at a different amount.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I guess it comes down to this, We're like, all right,
it's irresponsible to have three tackles making that much money.
It's irresponsible to have two wide receivers making that much money.
I'm saying, irresponsible if you can't build out the rest
of your team. If the Joneses are willing to go
for it and absolutely go all in and they're going
to spend it free agency and really put a roster together, fine,
(04:20):
it's then a strength. But if you find out, well,
we couldn't build a defense because we have two receivers
making thirty five million dollars a.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Year, you're like, that sucks man.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The way I was, I was reading so much about
the Rams in the last couple months leading up to
their loss, and how quickly they went all in, won
a Super Bowl, tore it down, and then.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
We're back in three years.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah, And part of it was they drafted well, they
obviously had the quarterback. And it's the thing that's constantly evolving,
constantly changing. It wasn't their overall master plan. Remember Sean
McVay was about to leave, right and then they got it.
The ship righted and got back in the mix. I
just think where the Cowboys are at and with how
long it's been, I definitely think they should go, you know,
(05:01):
mortgage the future for this upcoming year and then it
doesn't matter if they tear it back down.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Look at the ball last thirty years. You hear Jerry yesterday.
So Jerry had a quote where he was saying he
was talking about, well, we saw in the super Bowl.
There's reason to be excited because you look at that.
Those are teams that went from me and a pumpkin
tick carrot.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah. The team that one asks five defensive ends, you
have none, right I that's I mean, that's very The
other thing is interesting if they wanted to do it
this way is they could figure out, like, hey, we're
gonna try to get this money freed up. You can
draft a wide receiver and then get rid of George Pickens.
But thirty five million dollars, well, I'm saying I have
(05:41):
now I have money due They're they're depend on defense.
Yeah there.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I even heard somebody the other day speculating that speculaton
that they if they really want that safety, that transcendent safety,
who's like uh, oh down guy, yeah, yeah, that they
would have to trade up for him, and they would
even consider that.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I'm like, you only have two first you don't have
a second or third round pick.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Right.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
He is great for building the foundation of your defense
for a long term future. But they need to go now.
If you have a good quarterback, then you're you're holding
your dogs in the corner.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
They're two, they're two, they're two best defensive players are
twenty nine years old.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Yeah, yeah, it's problem. Uh.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
And then quickly the Rangers drama. Yeah, you know, we'll
do it baby tomorrow. I like it hold tomorrow. So
Rangers drama is gonna hold all right?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Coming up next in the second half of Entertainment, headlines
goodbye and one of the greatest actors of our time.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
He is in heaven eating ice cream. Talk about that
next
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