Cowpies to trade for WR George Pickens

[JustInTime]

Diva attitude without Diva production. Plus you HAVE to pay him or risk flushing two picks. On the plus side, you have a decent weapon across from CD.

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[JimmyinSD]

Chase Daniel
@ChaseDaniel
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Wow.

Cowboys gave up a 3rd Round this year & a 5th Round pick next year for George Pickens.

You still have to pay him next year or tag him….seems too rich for me.

but since this is after the draft,  we are really talking about a 3rd in 26 and a 5th in 27?  not peanuts, and not a move I would have done,  but it works out to basically a 4th and 7th if you reduce the pick 1 round per year out.  and this assumes there are no other factors in the actual compensation.

[Knucklehead]

If they allow him to walk after this season they'll receive a 2027 comp pick that could very well be higher than a 5th.

[pattersaur]

If they allow him to walk after this season they'll receive a 2027 comp pick that could very well be higher than a 5th.

Interesting. That's not terrible if that's how it plays out. Certainly lowers the risk level on the move. Seems surprisingly savvy by of all teams, Dallas.

[MaroonBells]

Jesus, really? 

[hogjowlsjohnny]

Jesus, really? 

Probably the guy on the left!

[Canthony]

I loved Pickens out of the draft. He is a player. Hands are something else. He really does have hella talent.

[StickierBuns]

Word leaked during the draft that Pickens was available if anyone wanted him. Some teams polled byThe Athletic at the time laughed at the idea of inviting Pickens into their locker room for any price, let alone a second-day draft pick. There wasn't a lot of interest in talking with the Steelers about a trade," Howe wrote on Wednesday.

Throughout his career, Pickens has often found his name in headlines for the wrong reasons, and it seems those controversies may have led many teams to turn down advances from the Steelers.

[JustInTime]

Coming out Pickens was an absolute nightmare. You couldn’t build a cantilevered pole long enough for me to touch him. Massive big red warning flags everywhere.

“Has a number of off-the-field issues - he was suspended for violating team rules and has been ejected for punching another player. He has been called undisciplined by his own head coach - likely scare a number of NFL teams off”

Things didn’t improve in Pittsburgh. Flags. Easily bated into personal fouls. Drops. Tomlin publicly came out and said Pickens needed to grow up. Occasional big play but the textbook definition of the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. Steelers have an affinity for acquiring then distancing themselves from diva WRs.