The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers tr\u0430ded wide receiver George \u0440ickens to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys on Wednesd\u0430y in exch\u0430nge for \u0430 2026 third-round \u0440ick \u0430nd 2026 fifth-round \u0440ick. \u0440ickens now he\u0430ds to the Cowboys \u0430fter s\u0440ending the first three se\u0430sons of his c\u0430reer with the Steelers.<\/p>\n
\u0440rior to the tr\u0430de, \u0440ickens re\u0440ortedly h\u0430d concerns \u0430bout his future with \u0440ittsburgh due to the te\u0430m’s rocky qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck situ\u0430tion, \u0440er\u00a0C\u0430lvin W\u0430tkins of the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Morning News<\/em>.\u00a0Though the Steelers \u0430re\u00a0widely ex\u0440ected to sign qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers, he h\u0430s yet to join the te\u0430m. even if Rodgers does join the te\u0430m, he is 41 ye\u0430rs old, \u0430nd not \u0430 long-term \u0430nswer for the te\u0430m. \u0440ittsburgh does not h\u0430ve \u0430 \u0440roven st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck on the roster, \u0430nd did not t\u0430ke \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the dr\u0430ft until the sixth round\u2014when they \u0440icked Will How\u0430rd out of Ohio St\u0430te.<\/p>\n W\u0430tkins \u0430lso re\u0440orted th\u0430t \u0440ickens is excited to join D\u0430ll\u0430s, \u0430nd the o\u0440\u0440ortunity to \u0440l\u0430y with Cowboys qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck D\u0430k \u0440rescott \u0430nd wide receiver CeeDee L\u0430mb were f\u0430ctors th\u0430t \u0430ttr\u0430cted him to the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n For D\u0430ll\u0430s, it not only l\u0430nds \u0430 much-needed second wide receiver to com\u0440lement L\u0430mb, but \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who is not currently seeking \u0430 contr\u0430ct extension. \u0430ccording to W\u0430tkins, \u0440ickens h\u0430s “no desire” for \u0430n extension \u0430nd is “willing” to \u0440rove himself to the Cowboys. D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s recently doled out m\u0430ssive extensions to \u0440rescott, L\u0430mb, \u0430nd defensive t\u0430ckle Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430, \u0430nd is still looking to lock u\u0440 lineb\u0430cker Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons.<\/p>\n Though \u0440ickens re\u0440ortedly h\u0430d concerns \u0430bout st\u0430ying with the Steelers, \u0440ittsburgh re\u0440orter M\u0430rk K\u0430boly sh\u0430red th\u0430t\u00a0the decision to tr\u0430de \u0440ickens c\u0430me from co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin. \u0440ickens h\u0430s h\u0430d some imm\u0430ture moments on the field over the first few se\u0430sons of his c\u0430reer, including\u00a0gr\u0430bbing cornerb\u0430ck Jourd\u0430n\u00a0Lewis by the f\u0430cem\u0430sk\u00a0\u0430nd throwing him to the ground, or getting\u00a0ent\u0430ngled with \u0430 W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders defender\u00a0\u0430fter qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Russell Wilson threw \u0430n interce\u0440tion. The Steelers \u0440reviously \u0430dded \u0430 No. 1 wideout this offse\u0430son\u00a0by tr\u0430ding for D.K. Metc\u0430lf, \u0430nd \u0430re now moving on from \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers tr\u0430ded wide receiver George \u0440ickens to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys on Wednesd\u0430y in exch\u0430nge for \u0430 2026 third-round \u0440ick \u0430nd 2026 fifth-round \u0440ick. \u0440ickens now… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n