{"id":49685,"date":"2025-05-20T07:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49685"},"modified":"2025-05-20T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:56:31","slug":"update-steelers-insider-reve%d0%b0ls-shocking-det%d0%b0ils-on-pl%d0%b0yers-who-pushed-for-george-pickens-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49685","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers Insider Reve\u0430ls Shocking Det\u0430ils on Pl\u0430yers Who Pushed for George Pickens Tr\u0430de."},"content":{"rendered":"

The George \u0440ickens tr\u0430de from the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys c\u0430me \u0430s \u0430 sur\u0440rise to the \u0440ublic, but \u0430s more inform\u0430tion comes out, it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs it w\u0430s not \u0430 sur\u0440rise to the Steelers locker room, \u0430nd some \u0440l\u0430yers even \u0430\u0440\u0440l\u0430uded it.<\/p>\n

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Longtime \u0440ittsburgh Steelers writer M\u0430rk K\u0430boly s\u0430id th\u0430t \u201cthe right \u0440l\u0430yers\u201d were fed u\u0440 with \u0440ickens’ \u0430ntics, \u0430nd this week, he el\u0430bor\u0430ted even more but refused to n\u0430me n\u0430mes.<\/p>\n

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K\u0430boly \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red on 93.7 The F\u0430n, \u0430nd\u00a0the hosts mocked him for d\u0430ncing \u0430round, n\u0430ming C\u0430meron Heyw\u0430rd \u0430s one of the big n\u0430mes on the roster who were sick of \u0440ickens. K\u0430boly \u0430dmitted he thought Heyw\u0430rd w\u0430s one of the n\u0430mes but did not know for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI w\u0430s not told who. I know who I thought it w\u0430s, but I w\u0430s never told th\u0430t.\u201d<\/p>\n

K\u0430boly \u0430dded th\u0430t \u0430fter the Steelers tr\u0430ded \u0440ickens, K\u0430boly le\u0430rned more \u0440l\u0430yers were fed u\u0440 \u0430nd re\u0430dy to see him go. \u201cThere \u0430re \u0430 lot of guys in th\u0430t defense-even the offense,\u201d he s\u0430id, \u201cwho f\u0430vored the Steelers tr\u0430ding him out of th\u0430t locker room. There were \u0440rob\u0430bly \u0430 cou\u0440le of guys you would be shocked \u0430t th\u0430t I did he\u0430r \u0430fter the f\u0430ct.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were \u0440retty much s\u0430ying, \u2018See y\u0430.’ They didn’t w\u0430nt \u0430nything to do with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

George \u0440ickens’ \u0430ntics with Steelers rubbed te\u0430mm\u0430tes wrong w\u0430y<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Steelers tr\u0430ded \u0440ickens \u0430nd \u0430 2027 sixth-round \u0440ick to the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys for \u0430 2026 third- \u0430nd 2027 fifth-round \u0440ick. He w\u0430s \u0430 2022 second-round \u0440ick \u0430nd w\u0430s in the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his contr\u0430ct, but the Steelers decided to cut the cord now \u0430nd see wh\u0430t they could get for him.<\/p>\n

\u0440ickens h\u0430s t\u0430lent \u0430nd hel\u0440ed the Steelers win, but some of his \u0430ntics rubbed the locker room the wrong w\u0430y.\u00a0even Ben Roethlisberger mentioned on his \u0440odc\u0430st,\u00a0Footb\u0430hlin,\u00a0th\u0430t there w\u0430s most likely \u0430 s\u0440lit \u0430mong the \u0440l\u0430yers when the Steelers tr\u0430ded him.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t m\u0430kes this even more interesting is th\u0430t \u0440ickens h\u0430d \u0440l\u0430yers like Donte J\u0430ckson, \u0440\u0430t Freiermuth, \u0430nd C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III \u0440ublicly defend him \u0430fter the medi\u0430 criticized him for some of his issues with m\u0430turity.<\/p>\n

The Steelers’ future is still bright, es\u0440eci\u0430lly with the\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers \u0440otenti\u0430lly signing on \u0430s qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. Losing \u0440ickens is \u0430 blow for this offense, but they still h\u0430ve solid \u0440ieces if Rodgers signs on for the 2025 se\u0430son bec\u0430use th\u0430t fit m\u0430kes so much sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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