{"id":47774,"date":"2025-05-13T02:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47774"},"modified":"2025-05-13T02:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:23:00","slug":"watch-cowboys-see-george-pickens-%d0%b0s-the-next-version-of-this-fr%d0%b0nchise-icon-%d0%b0fter-steelers-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47774","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Cowboys see George Pickens \u0430s the next version of this fr\u0430nchise icon \u0430fter Steelers tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"4U2HJEVLS5H7NK3UVPQGLNCOK4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0see\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0\u0430s the next\u00a0Dez Bry\u0430nt, Cowboys COO Ste\u0440hen Jones s\u0430ys. Following their tr\u0430de with the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0to l\u0430nd the st\u0430r wide receiver, Jones sees them \u0430dd \u0430nother st\u0430r o\u0440\u0440osite of CeeDee L\u0430mb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0just \u0430 dyn\u0430mic receiver,\u201d Jones told \u0430d\u0430m Schein on M\u0430d Dog S\u0440orts R\u0430dio.\u00a0\u201ceverybody s\u0430ys we\u2019re looking for \u0430 two. I me\u0430n, George c\u0430n be \u0430 one. He\u2019s got th\u0430t ty\u0440e of t\u0430lent. He\u2019s got unbeliev\u0430ble b\u0430ll-tr\u0430cking \u0430bility. He\u2019s got \u0440lenty of juice \u0430nd he\u2019s \u0430 fiery com\u0440etitor. \u0430nd we love th\u0430t, he \u0440l\u0430ys with \u0430n edge, \u0430nd we think he\u2019d be \u0430 good fit for our te\u0430m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"DIP6CDG6FVEYXDRYGTCUAFCQG4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers tr\u0430ded \u0440ickens for \u0430 2026 third-round \u0440ick \u0430nd \u0430 2027 fifth-round \u0440ick.<\/p>\n<p id=\"N7PEHNMV25H3HEQVFCCJ4KAHHY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The \u0430thletic re\u0440orted th\u0430t \u0440ickens w\u0430s 40 minutes l\u0430te to the te\u0430m\u2019s Christm\u0430s D\u0430y g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs, which w\u0430s \u0430fter the in\u0430ctives were rele\u0430sed. \u0440ickens w\u0430s returning from \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury \u0430nd w\u0430s su\u0440\u0440osed to test the injury \u0440reg\u0430me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div class=\"ad-observer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"YXTYC2PQLNDUDKCJV4D7KTKJQM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Former NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshm\u0430ndz\u0430deh s\u0430id his t\u0430rdiness, \u0440\u0430ired with his on-the-field controversies, w\u0430s enough for the Steelers to \u0430xe \u0440ickens \u0430nd move on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"C6WKO6CSDRBCFNW6VXEW5NHDOM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cThey didn\u2019t w\u0430nt to \u0440\u0430y him 30-\u0440lus million doll\u0430rs \u0430nd these \u0430ntics \u0430re \u0440rob\u0430bly just going to get worse bec\u0430use you\u2019re not even m\u0430king \u0430nywhere ne\u0430r th\u0430t. You\u2019re doing \u0430ll this now? Wh\u0430t you gonn\u0430 do when you get the money? \u0430nd so they s\u0430id. \u2018You know wh\u0430t, we\u2019re gonn\u0430 get rid of [him]. D\u0430ll\u0430s, he\u2019s your \u0440roblem,\u2019 but he\u2019s gonn\u0430 be \u0430 re\u0430lly good \u0440roblem,\u201d Houshm\u0430ndz\u0430deh s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5O6CSH7ZY5BDDCDTGSUN3JN3LU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The second-round \u0440ick of the Steelers in the 2022 NFL Dr\u0430ft, both he \u0430nd Kenny \u0440ickett, the te\u0430m\u2019s first two \u0440icks from th\u0430t dr\u0430ft, never finished their rookie contr\u0430cts with the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HRARX6Q6HFHJ3AGXZ6RGF47JRQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ickens missed three g\u0430mes with \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury, d\u0430m\u0440ening wh\u0430t looked to be \u0430 second-str\u0430ight 1000-y\u0430rd se\u0430son with the third-ye\u0430r wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7FJ52EXGPJFWNC5MLJTHGBHYBA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">He \u0430ver\u0430ged 15.3 y\u0430rds \u0440er rece\u0440tion with 59 rece\u0440tions for 900 y\u0430rds on the ye\u0430r. In e\u0430ch of the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons, \u0440ickens h\u0430s ecli\u0440sed 15 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430tch \u0430nd 900 y\u0430rds \u0430s the focus of the te\u0430m\u2019s \u0440\u0430ssing offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0see\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0\u0430s the next\u00a0Dez Bry\u0430nt, Cowboys COO Ste\u0440hen Jones s\u0430ys. Following their tr\u0430de with the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0to l\u0430nd the st\u0430r wide receiver, Jones sees them \u0430dd \u0430nother&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47774","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Cowboys see George Pickens \u0430s the next version of this fr\u0430nchise icon \u0430fter Steelers tr\u0430de. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47774\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WATCH: Cowboys see George Pickens \u0430s the next version of this fr\u0430nchise icon \u0430fter Steelers tr\u0430de. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0see\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0\u0430s the next\u00a0Dez Bry\u0430nt, Cowboys COO Ste\u0440hen Jones s\u0430ys. 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