Diante Lee

So I think that if you're going to tag him, you have to entertain the idea of trading him.

And God, I just cannot imagine a scarier proposition than a GM having to go sit with his coaching staff and say, Hey, you guys keep talking to me about one, the number one receiver.

We might be able to go get one for you, but it's going to be George chickens.

And it's probably going to cost us some pretty high draft capital to go consummate that deal.

I guess the question I would throw back to you is, what is the floor for draft compensation if you're Dallas that you're willing to hear out if you do tag him and then allow him to go kind of scan the market?

For like a four or five year deal because of how young he is.

That is, I just can't grasp that.

Well, that's where it's like the timing of this is going to be so fascinating, right?

Because I'm with you.

Actually, I think if I'm advising Pickens, I'm telling him that the franchise tag is actually a great thing.

It could actually be a great long-term thing for us

Because had we hit the open market before the 2025 season, we were never going to see this kind of money in terms of single year compensation.

Just given what your reputation was coming out of Pittsburgh, let's not overplay our hand.

Let's take the 28 million that we're going to get and go prove that we're a 28 plus million dollar player again.

And then we can go get ourselves a three year deal

with heavy guarantees, right?

No team is going to assume a long-term obligation from us, but that actually probably works in our favor as well.

Let's try to hit the market as many times as we can to see if we can maximize your earning potential.

That's going to be the best thing, I think, for the arc of George Pickens' career.

And I think it will be a great opportunity