{"id":52597,"date":"2025-06-01T03:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52597"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:54:17","slug":"cowboys-officially-win-george-pickens-trade-after-steelers-laughable-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52597","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys officially win George Pickens trade after Steelers\u2019 laughable response.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">It will take something miraculous for Dallas to not win the Pickens trade.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_188,y_183,w_4277,h_2405\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/129\/01jwgs18pepsg87823nw.jpg\" alt=\"Aug 24, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones talks to the media before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at AT&amp;T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-Imagn Images\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Dallas Cowboys will be hard-pressed to not\u00a0reap the benefits of trading for George Pickens. Unless Pickens isn&#8217;t able to stay healthy or becomes a canker sore in the locker room, he should have a transformative impact on the gridiron.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Regardless of how Pickens performs with the Cowboys, the trade leaves the Steelers in utter shambles at wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">So much so that they are purportedly in talks with other teams about adding another playmaker alongside D.K. Metcalf. Dolphins standout tight end Jonnu Smith is seemingly high on their list following a\u00a0report from ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This all follows\u00a0Pittsburgh&#8217;s signing of WR Montana Lemonious-Craig. You are not alone if you find yourself questioning who that is.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Steelers are literally begging the Cowboys to win the George Pickens trade<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">A two-year starter at Arizona after three years at Colorado, Lemonious-Craig went undrafted this year and tried out for the Steelers during their rookie minicamp. He was teammates with Cowboys first-round draft target Tetairoa McMillan on the Wildcats.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Lemonious-Craig averaged less than 20.0 receiving yards per game at Arizona. In total, he caught 45 passes for 468 yards and four touchdowns. He tallied a 5.57 Relative Athletic Score, which ranked 1,692 out of 3,815 receivers that have tested since 1962.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The former Wildcat could end up shocking the world and carving out a role for himself with Pittsburgh, but this is definitely\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>the response to offloading Pickens that Steelers fans were hoping for. To make matters worse, Lemonious-Craig will wear No. 14, formerly worn by Pickens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Granted, the Steelers may have another big move in the works. But does Jonnu Smith really move the needle? The Falcons are reportedly taking calls on TE Kyle Pitts. While an athletic specimen, Pitts has been highly disappointing since he was drafted No. 4 overall in 2021.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">All things considered, signing Lemoious-Craig is a patently laughable response to trading one of the game&#8217;s most physically talented receivers in Pickens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While Brian Schottenheimer will have to harness Pickens&#8217; maturity concerns, the Steelers have set a remarkably low bar for the 24-year-old to clear in Dallas with how they have worked to replace his production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will take something miraculous for Dallas to not win the Pickens trade. 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