Schefter: George Pickens Traded to Cowboys

[SHOWTIME]

ESPN sources: Dallas and Pittsburgh are working to finalize a trade that will send wide receiver George Pickens to the Cowboys in exchange for draft pick compensation. The trade is expected to be finalized today. pic.twitter.com/EJvTb9KHG4

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 7, 2025

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by wazu

Makes sense. Pickens probably benefits from change of scenery. Steelers accumulate ammunition to move up for a QB next year.

I doubt it. If anything he's probably going to be even more insufferable. Cowboys almost assuredly aren't giving him a contract and he'll be second fiddle to Lamb.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

I doubt it. If anything he's probably going to be even more insufferable. Cowboys almost assuredly aren't giving him a contract and he'll be second fiddle to Lamb.

Maybe. Dak is a respectable QB and it's a contract year for Pickens. If he is out-of-his-mind stupid then it won't matter, but if he is able to pull his shit together he has an opportunity to land a decent contract so he can be a really out-of-control rich asshole WR diva.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Will you Pickens cock gobblers finally shut the **** up now?

Originally Posted by scho63

Pickens was a cancer they cut out.

This seems to cement his perception as a problem in the locker room. Andy and Veach isn't having that shit in their locker room.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Fun fact: the Chiefs had Pickens in on a top 30 visit before the draft and it didn’t go well, which makes perfect sense considering the fact that they could have drafted him but instead traded down.

I've had some really hard interviews in my life. Something like this, would be a hard interview. You try to bluff your way past them, you are toast.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by scho63

The Steelers are one of, if not THE most old school blue blood NFL organizations. No nonsense, defense wins, stable operations with no distracting players.

Pickens was a cancer they cut out.

I see the exact opposite. They’re too arrogant that they can fix head cases.

AB and leveon legit cost their team seasons by putting the locker room in disarray. Pickens costed his team games. Like the one where he was raging on a DB by blocking him out of the end zone on a Hail Mary. The team bounces back really quick so I guess that’s a credit to tomlin but I think he gets way too much credit for it considering how willing he is to drop grenades in the locker room.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by scho63

Never raped anyone, a malcontent RB not the biggest issue and Diva WR is gone.

Nice try.....

Yeah he did

They tried for a couple years to hold onto Bell in spite of behavior.

Brown played there for eight years.

That was all even this same regime. Just because they run the ball and don't fire coaches doesn't mean they are some kind of no nonsense ideal. Pickens just isn't that good.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by backinblack

you're thinking of slim pickens

I was thinking T. Boone Pickens

[chiefzilla1501]

The Steelers history of offensive players, mostly WRs, who became extremely extremely toxic… goes way beyond leveon, AB, Pickens. And yeah arguably Big Ben. Let’s also not forget…

Martavis Bryant
Diontae Johnson
Chase claypool

[tk13]

I think he has talent. His skill is making contested catches. He might be the best in the league at it. He's just not great at getting separation and blowing guys away. That's why he's on the highlight reels every other week because he's making some kind of crazy contested catch down the sideline. That's basically his game. Not sure how that'll play with Dak. You need a QB who's willing to throw it up to him even when he's not open.

The track record of guys the Steelers gave up on isn't great either though. He's definitely going to be under more of a microscope now.

[irafreak]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Will you Pickens cock gobblers finally shut the **** up now?

I didn't pick a side but just pointing out that had we drafted him instead of skyy, we'd have an extra 3rd round pick right now instead of nothing...

[Womble]

Originally Posted by irafreak

I didn't pick a side but just pointing out that had we drafted him instead of skyy, we'd have an extra 3rd round pick right now instead of nothing...

We still have Skyy Moore on our books so I'd say that's actually worse than nothing.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by irafreak

I didn't pick a side but just pointing out that had we drafted him instead of skyy, we'd have an extra 3rd round pick right now instead of nothing...

What? Are you talking about the Toney trade? You really think the Chiefs were pinning their hopes and dreams on rookie Skyy Moore in 2022 and traded for Toney because their plan didn’t work? How do you know Veach wouldn’t have done the deal anyway if Skyy had put up at minimum rookie year Mecole Hardman stats?

[Shields68]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The Steelers history of offensive players, mostly WRs, who became extremely extremely toxic… goes way beyond leveon, AB, Pickens. And yeah arguably Big Ben. Let’s also not forget…

Martavis Bryant
Diontae Johnson
Chase claypool

All of which had decent seasons and were productive with Pitt but essentially did nothing after leaving. Pitt made the right choice in letting all of them go.

[RealSNR]

Also you have no proof that Veach wouldn’t have done the Toney trade if we had taken Pickens and he put up comparable numbers to his rookie year in Pittsburgh

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by scho63

The Steelers are one of, if not THE most old school blue blood NFL organizations. No nonsense, defense wins, stable operations with no distracting players.

Pickens was a cancer they cut out.

The rapist and Antonio Brown were never distractions…