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Trade: George Pickens to DAL

Someone explain the Steelers for me?

Last year we heard they need more from their offense

They go get Metcalf, lose Harris to Chargers, let all of the QB’s walk and now trade Pickens

What exactly is Rodgers- Metcalf duo supposed to do?

Metcal isn’t an elite tier Wr and now he’s pretty much all alone
 
I get it.

1) Extension talks went nowhere
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2) they don’t have a quarterback, or at least one who isn’t in equador staring at cloud formations for signs of if she should play football.
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3) he is insanely volatile with countless unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and fines and he is supposedly constantly late to team meetings.
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But yes extremely talented on the deep ball
 
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Breakers said:
I get it.

1) Extension talks went nowhere
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2) they don’t have a quarterback, or at least one who isn’t in equador staring at cloud formations for signs of if she should play football.
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3) he is insanely volatile with countless unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and fines and he is supposedly constantly late to team meetings.
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But yes extremely talented on the deep ball
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Cowboys refusal to throw deep most of the time worries me about this trade - we brought in an absolute speedster in Cooks and barely utilized him properly.

Getting a capable WR was necessary, though. After Lamb you have Tolbert and then Mingo (lol). Pickens for a 3rd is pretty risky for the Cowboys but hope it works out.
 
Rhaegar Targaryen said:
If Cowboys use him as a one year rental, and he plays well in his contract year to get paid big bucks in free agency, they could receive a 4th round compensation pick
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This is how i'm looking at it. Get a good player for a year (most likely) Because Jerry isn't extending him, Smith, Parsons and Bland all in one offseason.
 
Breakers said:
I get it.

1) Extension talks went nowhere
—
2) they don’t have a quarterback, or at least one who isn’t in equador staring at cloud formations for signs of if she should play football.
—
3) he is insanely volatile with countless unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and fines and he is supposedly constantly late to team meetings.
—
But yes extremely talented on the deep ball
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This should have been done way earlier so they could have tried to draft his replacement or sign someone

This is such a grey team today
 
Unholy Diver said:
Sounds like Gabe Davis is soon to be available

They also signed the Ghost of Robert Woods last week
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Great, fighting for a 3rd in their division

Right now I have no idea why Rodgers would look at the Steelers and like his chances on erasing the last couple of years from everyones memory

The way they are build it just carries more risk than reward, you can’t be the QB who ends Tomlins record
 
BB88 said:
Right now I have no idea why Rodgers would look at the Steelers
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Rhaegar Targaryen said:
If Cowboys use him as a one year rental, and he plays well in his contract year to get paid big bucks in free agency, they could receive a 4th round compensation pick
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Only way to get that comp pick is to Not sign any other team's free agents in 2026 summer. I wouldn't extend PIckens either. Too hot tempered.

If it's a day 3 pick it's a solid gamble.
 
StreetHawk said:
Only way to get that comp pick is to Not sign any other team's free agents in 2026 summer. I wouldn't extend PIckens either. Too hot tempered.

If it's a day 3 pick it's a solid gamble.
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It's not signing "any" free agent, it's really losing more than you gained. And Cowboys never sign big free agents, last $10M+ player they signed was Carr back in 2012 I believe.

For a team that doesn't really make strategic moves, this was a rare one. Cowboys WR going into today were Lamb-Tolbert-Mingo. Adding a physical, producing WR like Pickens changes the WR room. If he performs well, and Cowboys are able to keep him, well worth the 3rd round pick. If it isn't a good fit, or Cowboys can't afford him, they'll likely drop from Round 3 to Round 4
 
The easiest way to put this from a Steelers PoV is there's been a lot of talk about Pickens drama to production ratio over the last 18 months or so, and trading Pickens for that little is the team admitting the drama was as bad as it appeared and they were sick of it.

And so they went out and got another WR1 guy so they could afford to trade Pickens, put as good a face on it as possible to avoid knocking his value, and traded him the moment they got an offer they liked, even if the timing is awkward af. Russini's report is the Cowboys offered a 4th during the draft, a 3rd after.

Given the league's history of getting work out of WRs that Tomlin has given up, it'll be interesting to see what happens next.

As for what it means to the Steelers... I feel pretty sure their aim is to stay competitive while building for tomorrow. It's a rebuild, but not a strip it down rebuild. Trading Pickens doesn't do much for it talent to asset wise, but it doesn't really hurt things either, and if they were that sick of him, go for it. I've wanted him gone since he didn't bother running his route in the final do or die drive vs Dallas and he's done nothing to persuade me otherwise.
 
The Cowboys finally make a trade that gets them an impact player, instead of a depth player. CD is the alpha, but Pickens is a 1b imo. I love this trade. If he’s a distraction, then move on. Who cares. Worth the risk.
 
Bringing in Metcalf was the sign they were done with Pickens. If they want to win now, they should have gotten it done before the draft; maybe they aren't trying to. From the Dallas POV it's not hard to see the direction, get a great two to make life easier for Dak and CeeDee the defense has to respect.
 
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