Overview
- Dallas holds short-term leverage with the franchise tag on Pickens after his Pro Bowl, second-team All-Pro breakout season in 2025.
- Recent valuations place a potential trade return in the late first-round range, roughly equivalent to draft picks in the high teens to low 20s on the Jimmy Johnson chart.
- Prospective suitors identified in current reporting include the Bills, 49ers, Chargers, Patriots, Colts, Panthers and possibly the Steelers.
- Any deal would almost certainly be preceded by a negotiated extension with agent David Mulugheta, who handled Micah Parsons’ precedent-setting move.
- A new contract must fit alongside CeeDee Lamb’s top-tier salary, and one proposal floated has New England sending first- and second-round picks for a tag-and-trade package.