George Pickens Traded to the Cowboys

[Doc Brown]

8 hours ago, Malazan said:

I'm confused about this for Pittsburgh. You traded a 2nd for Metcalf and now take a 3rd for Pickens. Is this really going to be a big enough difference? Unless there's something else coming, I have a hard time understanding it.

Their skill sets are redundant and they'd rather pay Metcalf over a mental case.  They could sign K. Allen or Cooper to add to the WR room if they still want to try this year by signing Rodgers.

[QLBillsFan]

Why does Pittsburgh with limited draft capital not make this trade last week? Nobody is willing to give them the value they just got? Odd timing by the Steelers but this in spot on brand for the Jones’s 😆 

[billsfan89]

12 hours ago, QLBillsFan said:

Why does Pittsburgh with limited draft capital not make this trade last week? Nobody is willing to give them the value they just got? Odd timing by the Steelers but this in spot on brand for the Jones’s 😆 

 

Steelers if I had to guess probably had this trade locked in prior to the draft but were either negotiating the fine lines (do you swap a 5th for a 6th or a 6th for a 7th) or simply held off on announcing the trade because both teams wanted to keep it a secret from the other 30 teams during the draft process in case the Steelers wanted to draft a WR and the Cowboys were probably fine with letting teams think they might want to draft one. Probably some level of gamesmenship. Also the cap situation after the draft may have been a bit murky so maybe sort out what you have cap wise and then make the trade official.