{"id":43158,"date":"2025-04-22T08:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43158"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:39:19","slug":"breaking-steelers-could-help-cowboys-steal-a-draft-day-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43158","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Steelers Could Help Cowboys Steal a Draft Day Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">A trade-back scenario involving George Pickens could give the Cowboys a premium WR2 and a top rookie RB like Omarion Hampton \u2014 all without overpay<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>George Pickens may be cheap now, but acquiring him via trade isn\u2019t a one-time transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Such a deal would cost the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0twice \u2014 first in draft capital, and again in 2026 with a contract extension. But that\u2019s the price you pay for potentially pairing\u00a0CeeDee Lamb\u00a0with one of the league\u2019s most physically gifted WR2s.<\/p>\n<p>And if Dallas can also land a day-one impact player at running back \u2014 say, Omarion Hampton \u2014 this becomes a two-for-one swing that reshapes the offense in an instant.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-0c4d8f853ceb41f79e6380ff01555542\" data-google-query-id=\"CMSdyISe64wDFdxfDwId2RM90w\" data-ad-size=\"300x134\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Why is this a front-burner issue today?<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh apparently whispered to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter that Pickens is \u201cexpendable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why would the Steelers leak that?<\/p>\n<p>No idea. But it creates a\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0opening.<\/p>\n<p>Still, timing is everything. The fact that this report is leaking exactly one week before the draft feels calculated. 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Pickens is extension-eligible in 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\"><\/div>\n<p>But the league isn\u2019t dumb. Pickens is extension-eligible in 2026 and comes with enough behavioral red flags to lower his market price. That\u2019s exactly why a once-creative front office like Dallas could explore multiple avenues to acquire him.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they trade back from pick 12 and add Pickens in the process. Or maybe they keep their draft board intact and send conditional 2025 or 2026 compensation to Pittsburgh. Either way, it&#8217;s reasonable to assume his value is equivalent to what Seattle paid for DK Metcalf, but it may not be\u2014 despite their skillset&#8217;s being strikingly similar.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys could walk away with a premium WR2 AND a stud RB1 for below-market value\u2026 if they play it right.<\/p>\n<p>All thanks to a \u201cleak.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trade-back scenario involving George Pickens could give the Cowboys a premium WR2 and a top rookie RB like Omarion Hampton \u2014 all without overpay George Pickens&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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