who will be gone in 2025

Why would he approve it

 

He wouldn't. And Rooney would never humiliate him by auctioning him off like cattle.

 

Is Pickens in the top 25 in any receiving category this year

 

I honestly don't think its like that. He's a child when we lose... But hasn't really been and off the field issue in the absence of losing. I don't think he's just going to put on a spectacle for the hell of it. If we offer him a 30m/yr deal, I think he'd just sign it.

 

He's 10th in yards per reception and 9th in plays of 20+ yards. There are 21 receivers and 3 TE's that gained 1000 yards this season and only AJ Brown, Mike Evans, and Nico Collins achieved that number while playing in 14 games or less. A 17 game season applying his average would put him in 15th place in yards league wide, only a few yards behind Terry McLaurin.

I don't know why being top 25 in categories when he missed games due to injury makes a difference. He is a big play WR that played on the 26th best passing offense and was the only really capable WR on his team. He essentially had bracket coverage or double coverage all game while teams dared literally anyone else in our WR room to beat them. I think he had a fine enough season. He got a bit unlucky with some TD's and big plays called back for penalties too. He did have a terrible game vs. Cincy and it brought his season drops total to a much higher rate. He followed a very good hands season with a meh one.

I don't think he's the best WR in the league, but I think he gets a good bit of extra hate due to him acting like a fool when we lose. He's a very good player. If we get rid of him, there is nearly a 100% chance that our already dogsh*t WR room will be worse in 2025 than it was with GP in 2024. Its not as easy as everyone is making it sound. We'd have to either pay Higgins a huge amount (who is a dangerous contract due to injuries), or trade for someone like DK Metcalf or Tyreek Hill... and then draft one in the first round or two. Its a daunting task to rebuild the WR room without GP.

 

Players currently signed for 2025 that I don't see being on the roster next fall:

Preston Smith 13.4 Cao
Larry O 7
Seamalu 7.8
Holcomb 6
Patterson 2.8
Pickens 1.6

Cap savings 38.6ish million

 

Pickens has all the talent in the world but acts like a 5 year old on the sidelines. He also doesnt always play hard which is my biggest gripe. Another WR that MT has enabled from day 1 and you see how that ends up. I don’t disagree that if we lose him we are worse off from a talent standpoint but he’s not worth the BS. Plus I don’t think he’s happy or wants to be here either.