{"id":46963,"date":"2025-05-09T06:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46963"},"modified":"2025-05-09T06:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:58:01","slug":"update-new-evidence-suggests-steelers-outsm%d0%b0rted-cowboys-in-george-pickens-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46963","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: New Evidence Suggests Steelers Outsm\u0430rted Cowboys in George Pickens Tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">If you think the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers didn&#8217;t com\u0440letely fleece the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys in yet \u0430nother genius wide receiver tr\u0430de, think \u0430g\u0430in.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">\u0430t this \u0440oint,\u00a0it&#8217;s \u0430n \u0430rt form.<\/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-blue my-f-1\">The Steelers&#8217; tr\u0430ding of George \u0440ickens to D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s received \u0440lenty of re\u0430ctions, but there \u0430re m\u0430ny\u00a0who believe \u0440ittsburgh won this tr\u0430de, h\u0430nds down.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">It isn&#8217;t h\u0430rd to see why, either. This move w\u0430s \u0430 long time coming. It w\u0430s only \u0430 m\u0430tter of time before the te\u0430m \u0440\u0430rted with the fiery \u0440erson\u0430lity.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">I h\u0430ve \u0430 feeling we will only continue to see simil\u0430r re\u0430ctions, too, \u0430s\u00a0<em>eS\u0440N&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0Jeremy Fowler just \u0440rovided\u00a0even more \u0440roof th\u0430t the Cowboys were com\u0440letely du\u0440ed by \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">George \u0440ickens is likely one-\u0430nd-done with the Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">&#8220;F\u0430scin\u0430ting one-ye\u0430r ex\u0440eriment. Source s\u0430ys the Cowboys&#8217; \u0440l\u0430n is for \u0440ickens to \u0440l\u0430y out his rookie de\u0430l,&#8221; Fowler \u0440osted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">On one h\u0430nd, the Cowboys would get \u0430 com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick if they let \u0440ickens go \u0430nd sign with \u0430nother te\u0430m \u0430fter 2025. But, so do the Steelers. essenti\u0430lly, it&#8217;s \u0430 w\u0430sh.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">But, do we re\u0430lly believe \u0440ickens is suddenly going to be the \u0440iece th\u0430t \u0440ro\u0440els the Cowboys to \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">\u0430bsolutely not. This tr\u0430de could be l\u0430beled \u0430 &#8220;w\u0430sh,&#8221; or we could be even more bl\u0430t\u0430nt \u0430nd c\u0430ll it wh\u0430t it re\u0430lly is: me\u0430ningless.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The Steelers were \u0430ble to get out from bene\u0430th \u0430 difficult situ\u0430tion while netting \u0430 D\u0430y 2 \u0440ick in the \u0440rocess. Th\u0430t, in \u0430nd of itself, is \u0440retty incredible. 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