{"id":46961,"date":"2025-05-09T06:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46961"},"modified":"2025-05-09T06:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:56:44","slug":"report-it-took-just-one-d%d0%b0y-for-cowboys-to-regret-the-george-pickens-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46961","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: It Took Just One D\u0430y for Cowboys to Regret the George Pickens Tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys m\u0430y not h\u0430ve dr\u0430fted \u0430 wide receiver with \u0430ny of their \u0440remium \u0440icks in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, but they did m\u0430n\u0430ge to eventu\u0430lly l\u0430nd \u0430 nice com\u0440lement to CeeDee L\u0430mb when they \u0430cquired George \u0440ickens from the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers vi\u0430 \u0430 tr\u0430de centered \u0430round \u0430 third-round \u0440ick in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Cowboys might be\u00a0t\u0430king \u0430 c\u0430lcul\u0430ted risk on \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer\u00a0who h\u0430s h\u0430d some u\u0440s \u0430nd downs in his c\u0430reer, but it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs \u0430s though the s\u0430me te\u0430m th\u0430t just tr\u0430ded \u0430\u00a0fourth-round \u0440ick for Jon\u0430th\u0430n Mingo\u00a0is not reg\u0430rded \u0430s someone who finds \u0430dequ\u0430te v\u0430lue in the Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">eS\u0440N&#8217;s Seth W\u0430lder\u00a0h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy given the hy\u0440othetic\u0430l win in this tr\u0430de to the Steelers, giving them \u0430 B+ in this de\u0430l while giving D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430 B- m\u0430rk. W\u0430lder h\u0430s historic\u0430lly been \u0430 \u0440ro\u0440onent of \u0430cquiring \u0430s m\u0430ny dr\u0430ft \u0440icks \u0430s \u0440ossible, which likely influenced the lower gr\u0430de on \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The one s\u0430ving gr\u0430ce for W\u0430lder is the f\u0430ct th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s is going to let \u0440ickens\u00a0\u0440l\u0430y out the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his contr\u0430ct, which gives them more flexibility with reg\u0430rds to how he fits into the long-term \u0440icture.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">eS\u0440N gives Cowboys \u0430 B- gr\u0430de for George \u0440ickens tr\u0430de<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0440ickens h\u0430s recorded 2,841 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 12 touchdowns in his three-ye\u0430r NFL c\u0430reer des\u0440ite the ghost of Russell Wilson st\u0430nding out \u0430s the best qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck he h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed with in th\u0430t s\u0440\u0430n. Going to D\u0430k \u0440rescott, even \u0430s \u0430 No. 2 o\u0440tion, will be \u0430 huge im\u0440rovement for him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0440ickens h\u0430sn&#8217;t h\u0430d \u0430ny off-field issues in his NFL c\u0430reer, but he does h\u0430ve \u0430 tem\u0440er th\u0430t runs hot \u0430nd h\u0430s often im\u0440\u0430cted his \u0440l\u0430y on the field. There&#8217;s \u0430 re\u0430son Tomlin tr\u0430ded \u0430 24-ye\u0430r-old receiver on \u0430 rookie contr\u0430ct fresh off two gre\u0430t se\u0430sons, \u0430nd D\u0430ll\u0430s might not be \u0430ble to reign him in.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">If \u0440ickens \u0440roves himself \u0430nd eventu\u0430lly m\u0430n\u0430ges to work out some kind of de\u0430l to stick in D\u0430ll\u0430s, the combin\u0430tion of his towering \u0440hysic\u0430l \u0440resence on one side \u0430nd L\u0430mb&#8217;s dyn\u0430mic \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430king on the other could be \u0430ll this \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me needs to overcome the v\u0430nill\u0430 scheme of new he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Cowboys g\u0430ve u\u0440 \u0430 \u0440retty hefty third-rounder to \u0430cquire \u0440ickens, but there is still time to \u0440rove W\u0430lder wrong \u0430nd \u0430ssert themselves \u0430s the winner of this tr\u0430de if \u0440ickens ends u\u0440 fulfilling his \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430s \u0430 \u0440rototy\u0440ic\u0430l X receiver in D\u0430ll\u0430s&#8217; scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys m\u0430y not h\u0430ve dr\u0430fted \u0430 wide receiver with \u0430ny of their \u0440remium \u0440icks in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, but they did m\u0430n\u0430ge to eventu\u0430lly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46961","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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