George Pickens

[BillsPride12]

6 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

The interesting crossroads will be the upcoming contract negotiations 

 

the pick was easy, even if just for a year. 
 

does Dallas guarantee him huge dollars for maybe 3 years on a 5 year deal now?

Tell that to Beane

[Lionel Hutz]

I think the Bills should have tried to get Pickens but I also think its likely that he wouldn’t be putting up the numbers in Buffalo that he is with Dallas. It helps that Dallas already had a legit number 1 receiver in Lamb and they have an offensive minded coach that actually understands how to call plays.

What receiver has succeeded under Brady?

Edited 17 hours ago by Lionel Hutz

[loedward22]

5 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

What receiver has succeeded under Beane?

Steph Diggs, John Brown, Cole Beasley 

Edited 17 hours ago by loedward22

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 minute ago, loedward22 said:

Steph Diggs, John Brown, Cole Beasley 

I’d say Shakir too…they were pretty good at finding decent budget options too like Mack hollins but straight up whiffed on everybody this year haha 

[Lionel Hutz]

3 minutes ago, loedward22 said:

Steph Diggs, John Brown, Cole Beasley 

Sorry I meant to say under Brady.

[Sojourner]

1 hour ago, NoSaint said:

The interesting crossroads will be the upcoming contract negotiations 

 

the pick was easy, even if just for a year. 
 

does Dallas guarantee him huge dollars for maybe 3 years on a 5 year deal now?

Talk on the radio was that Dallas have apparently informed Pickens they are going to franchise tag him if they can’t work out a deal. Believe they said that was reported by Ian Rapoport?

 

Dont think he changes team unless someone gives up at least a second rounder but I would bet if someone really wants his services, a first rounder isn’t unfathomable. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Sojourner

[RyanC883]

53 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

Talk on the radio was that Dallas have apparently informed Pickens they are going to franchise tag him if they can’t work out a deal. Believe they said that was reported by Ian Rapoport?

 

Dont think he changes team unless someone gives up at least a second rounder but I would bet if someone really wants his services, a first rounder isn’t unfathomable. 

I’d send a first for him.  

1 hour ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think the Bills should have tried to get Pickens but I also think its likely that he wouldn’t be putting up the numbers in Buffalo that he is with Dallas. It helps that Dallas already had a legit number 1 receiver in Lamb and they have an offensive minded coach that actually understands how to call plays.

What receiver has succeeded under Brady?

fair points, but when Lamb was hurt Pickens was still lightening it up.  Although, Brady would have to use him correctly.  

[PoundingDog]

To me, Pickens is a buyer-be-aware case. He has enough head case in well-run organization Pittsburgh. He wanted big contract from the Steelers, didn’t get it. So he moved on to Cowboys. I don’t see him be content without getting the bag this off season. 

[Sierra Foothills]

On 11/23/2025 at 5:54 PM, Lionel Hutz said:

It's not just that Beane ignored the WR position, it's the fact that he poured all his resources into the defensive side and the defense is still awful. Arguably worse than last season.

 

The failure of the defense to be a respectable unit is mostly due to injuries.

 

In the first 10 games of the season, the 4 veteran additions of Bosa, Hoecht, Larry O, and Shaq Thompson and the 6 rookie additions of Hairston, Sanders, Jackson, Walker, Hancock and Strong missed a total of 45 man/games (and counting).

 

Add the 24 man/games missed by Ed Oliver, Epenesa, Bernard, Dorian, Milano, Benford, Tre White, Taron, and Rapp and you've lost 69 man/games in 10 weeks. Even subtracting Dorian Strong and Jordan Hancock's 7 each and you're still missing 5.5 core defensive players each week.

 

The only core defenders who've played every game this year are Rousseau, Bosa, and Cam Lewis... just 3 players. And both Bosa and Rousseau have played through injuries.

 

[Scott7975]

15 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

And this version of Pickens is playing opposite CeeDee Lamb which we don't have. So is Pickens really going to put up same numbers here? I doubt it. Toss in he'd still be in a rotation here cuz it's our philosophy/scheme to not focus on one guy but instead find the open guy vs keep feeding one guy.

 

Look at Philly as an example, AJ Brown been an alpha there the last few years but this year they elected to share the wealth as it were an AJ stats aren't where they've been in years past. 

 

People said that about Diggs too because he played opposite Thielen lol. The dude is a star. May end up a nut case but he is still a star and performing like one. This team needs a star or three more.

[Sojourner]

2 hours ago, PoundingDog said:

To me, Pickens is a buyer-be-aware case. He has enough head case in well-run organization Pittsburgh. He wanted big contract from the Steelers, didn’t get it. So he moved on to Cowboys. I don’t see him be content without getting the bag this off season. 

Was it contract orientated disgruntlement? I’d venture it was more the lack of use. There was some games he was an afterthought which is peculiar because all they did was swapped Pickens for DK and seem to funnel all the WR production through him. 
 

Was Tomlin proving a point and letting him know he isn’t bigger than the team? Probably and he might be right to do that. But when you have a guy of Pickens’ talents I would venture to try and have him the absolute focal point. Especially if it means “his head is screwed on”. 
 

Pickens will get the bag whatever happens. He’s either playing on the Franchise Tag like Rapoport has alluded Jerry has said or he’s tagged and traded like Frank Clark from recent years who was handed the bag after the trade. 
 

Pickens may be a head case but he’s got undeniable talent. Elite even. 

[Ray Stonada]

Pickens is a guy who can hurt and threaten defenses badly downfield, and he plays with a second guy like that in CeeDee Lamb. Having that makes Dak so much better… and in the big moments you saw Pickens close out the Chiefs by getting open on a crucial third down in the 4th Q.
 

Like Davante Adams, AJ Brown, Puka Nucua, Devonta Smith… every great team has one or two such guys. Stafford is having his best ever season. The Eagles don’t have the QB to make them as lethal as we could. 
 

Even the Chiefs with very little cap room have Hollywood (who was such a guy for the Ravens) and Rice, plus Kelce.

 

The Bills of course have never had two, and have zero since Diggs left. So if we could get at least one we should absolutely do that. I would trade a first plus Keon (see what we did there) in a heartbeat for Pickens. 

[GunnerBill]

4 hours ago, Ray Stonada said:

Pickens is a guy who can hurt and threaten defenses badly downfield, and he plays with a second guy like that in CeeDee Lamb. Having that makes Dak so much better… and in the big moments you saw Pickens close out the Chiefs by getting open on a crucial third down in the 4th Q.

 

That is true, but Dak is also just better than people ever want to think he is. He is not elite, but he has consistently been in that next tier of guys pretty much his whole career and people talk about him like he is Kirk Cousins or Bengals Andy Dalton level or something. 

[billsfan89]

15 hours ago, NoSaint said:

The interesting crossroads will be the upcoming contract negotiations 

 

the pick was easy, even if just for a year. 
 

does Dallas guarantee him huge dollars for maybe 3 years on a 5 year deal now?

I would stay away from him after this year. Dude is the equivalent of an NBA player balling out on an expiring contract and then once he signs the 4-5 year deal he regresses. I can’t see giving him a big bag of money and him continuing to be productive. Dallas got him at the right time 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

16 hours ago, Chautauqua Mafia said:

They're never letting him out the door.

 

Besides, small baller Beane wouldn't make a play for him 

Not a process guy and an actual high talent at receiver. After last April, it will be hard for Beane to check his ego at the door.

[Sierra Foothills]

12 hours ago, PoundingDog said:

To me, Pickens is a buyer-be-aware case. He has enough head case in well-run organization Pittsburgh. He wanted big contract from the Steelers, didn’t get it. So he moved on to Cowboys. I don’t see him be content without getting the bag this off season. 

 

21 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:

I would stay away from him after this year. Dude is the equivalent of an NBA player balling out on an expiring contract and then once he signs the 4-5 year deal he regresses. I can’t see giving him a big bag of money and him continuing to be productive. Dallas got him at the right time 

 

I'm guessing that during his draft year, Pickens wasn't given the "Bills Blue" designation...

 

The Buffalo Bills assign a "Bills Blue" designation to draft prospects who demonstrate 

high character and strong personal qualities, regardless of their talent or draft round. 

Known Bills draftees who have received this designation include:

Josh Allen (QB, 2018 first-round pick)

Harrison Phillips (DL, 2018 third-round pick)

Dalton Kincaid (TE, 2023 first-round pick)

Maxwell Hairston (CB, 2025 first-round pick)

Landon Jackson (DE, 2025 third-round pick)

Deone Walker (DT, 2025 fifth-round pick)

Dorian Strong (CB, 2025 sixth-round pick) 

 

[st pete gogolak]

You can look at the 2019 draft as McBeane’s “original sin” (I’m not going to blame draft solely on Beane - you’re nuts if you think McDermott doesn’t have huge input into draft process).  Maybe you live with Oliver over Wilkins, Simmons and Lawrence, but Cody Ford instead of A.J. Brown or Metcalf was a franchise-changing mistake. I keep on harping over the fact that they must have done at least some scouting on Brown and Metcalf since they drafted Dawson Knox a round later. All three played at Mississippi State!

[RyanC883]

2 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

 

I'm guessing that during his draft year, Pickens wasn't given the "Bills Blue" designation...

 

The Buffalo Bills assign a "Bills Blue" designation to draft prospects who demonstrate 

high character and strong personal qualities, regardless of their talent or draft round. 

Known Bills draftees who have received this designation include:

Josh Allen (QB, 2018 first-round pick)

Harrison Phillips (DL, 2018 third-round pick)

Dalton Kincaid (TE, 2023 first-round pick)

Maxwell Hairston (CB, 2025 first-round pick)

Landon Jackson (DE, 2025 third-round pick)

Deone Walker (DT, 2025 fifth-round pick)

Dorian Strong (CB, 2025 sixth-round pick) 

 

 

is this real?  If so it's rediculous and why we miss out on guys like Pickens.  If our "culture" and "process" are so great, it should be able to handle a Pickens.  Or is McD just full of it/himself.