Overview
- Pickens said he will leave extension negotiations to his agent, David Mulugheta, rather than engage directly with owner Jerry Jones.
- Jones told 105.3 The Fan he expects to speak with Pickens and "probably both" the player and agent, and Sports Illustrated reported plans for a face-to-face meeting.
- Observers warn the approach mirrors the Micah Parsons situation, when direct exchanges without an agent strained trust before Parsons departed for Green Bay.
- Prescott advised Pickens not to let talks become personal, pointing to his own contentious experience through franchise tags before later securing multi‑year extensions.
- Pickens enters the offseason with strong leverage after a 2025 campaign featuring 1,420 receiving yards and top‑three rankings in multiple receiving categories.