Pickens to be traded to Cowboys?

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Originally Posted by El-Gonzo Jackson

Man, can you please give it up. He is gone with 2 other teams and if he showed anything in Philly they would have kept him on their roster.

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I've addressed this before. There was no chance Kenny was going to be a starter in Philly, but because he did a good job for them when they needed him while playing with broken ribs, they did him a favor and traded him to a team where he had a chance to start (much like how the Bears did Fields a favor a year ago by trading him to the team he at the time wanted to go to).

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Originally Posted by ETL

Dulac said something about Pickens quite simply: if the production is more than the aggravation then you keep him. If the aggravation is more than the production then you get rid of him.

So I guess we are debating this openly now. Some here feel that his talent and production was worth all the off field aggravation and some are saying that he wasn’t.

if he performs well for the cowboys - there will be one side that will say “I told you so” and if he becomes a nut job with them - the other side gets to crow about it.

I would submit that how he performs with the Cowboys is moot. He had his chance here and did not produce. Also he did not earn the trust of Tomlin and Khan to merit a long term contract. He can do whatever with Dallas, turn a new leaf … whatever. All I know is that he was not productive here nor will be in the future with us.

We found out what we needed to know about him and are moving on.

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Good points. I would only add that, since he is probably one and done in Dallas regardless of how he plays, George Pickens story (and thus the determination of the merits of the Steelers trading him) will not be concluded with Dallas next year.

For me, and who knows if this makes sense, the story of this trade is IF they get a QB in 2026.

If they draft Ben 2.0; the nothing else matters.

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Originally Posted by ETL

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Originally Posted by vader29

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............AND Nuts has left the building!

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Originally Posted by hawaiiansteeler

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Maybe, but they won't be laughing if he's lighting them up on the field.

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Originally Posted by pczach

Maybe, but they won't be laughing if he's lighting them up on the field.

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We will see. But I think given the history of Mike Tomlin being willing to deal with troubled young men at WR and being tolerant of their antics, like AB, Droponte Johnson, Martavis Bryant, etc.....when Mike Tomlin decides that your act is no longer tolerable, the majority of the NFL wont even consider the guy.

I hope for GP sake that he can grow up, but in most cases when someone shows you who they are, you eventually have to believe it.

You don’t cut loose a player with that much talent and that much draft equity…….just because. I’m sure Tomlin wasn’t the only one that had input. The OC, WR coach, Khan. I am certain that Pickens would not play nicely with Metcalf.

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I’m excited to see what we get out of Wilson.

I predict Pickens will have a fabulous impactful season with Dallas this year.

what people will misconstrue is to think that he would have had he same fabulous season with the Steelers if he was still on the team. Nope. I don’t think that would have happened. Why? Because he already was a spoiled brat here. But he can’t act that way in Dallas.

also even after the fabulous season with Dallas - I bet they don’t sign him to a long term deal. That is the job of other teams who buy 1 year flash in the pans and give them long term contracts that handicap the teams salary cap. That is up to the Clevelands of the league.

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Originally Posted by ETL

I predict Pickens will have a fabulous impactful season with Dallas this year.

what people will misconstrue is to think that he would have had he same fabulous season with the Steelers if he was still on the team. Nope. I don’t think that would have happened. Why? Because he already was a spoiled brat here. But he can’t act that way in Dallas.

also even after the fabulous season with Dallas - I bet they don’t sign him to a long term deal. That is the job of other teams who buy 1 year flash in the pans and give them long term contracts that handicap the teams salary cap. That is up to the Clevelands of the league.

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Dallas has already said they don't plan to sign him for more than just this season. Trying to get a uber-athletic WR on a contract year to come in and play his brains out.

We'll have to see what he puts on film this season. I doubt he's a one contract and done player. Somebody is going to sign him to a second contract.

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Originally Posted by Born2Steel

Dallas has already said they don't plan to sign him for more than just this season. Trying to get a uber-athletic WR on a contract year to come in and play his brains out.

We'll have to see what he puts on film this season. I doubt he's a one contract and done player. Somebody is going to sign him to a second contract.

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True. Players with physical talent will always have a suitor. Josh Gordon is an example

Gerry Dulac says George Pickens' team violations were endless with only a fraction seeing the light of day in the media.

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Originally Posted by ETL

True. Players with physical talent will always have a suitor. Josh Gordon is an example

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Agreed, but these kinds of cases always remind me of something I saw Bill Parcells say once.

"Effort without talent, it really tough to watch. But Talent without Effort, is a damn shame to see."

Million dollar body, ten cent head.

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