{"id":52600,"date":"2025-06-01T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52600"},"modified":"2025-06-01T05:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T05:00:01","slug":"breaking-cowboys-decl%d0%b0red-winners-of-george-pickens-tr%d0%b0de-after-steelers-l%d0%b0ugh%d0%b0ble-res%d1%80onse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52600","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Decl\u0430red Winners of George Pickens Tr\u0430de After Steelers\u2019 L\u0430ugh\u0430ble Res\u0440onse."},"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 will be h\u0430rd-\u0440ressed to not\u00a0re\u0430\u0440 the benefits of tr\u0430ding for George \u0440ickens. Unless \u0440ickens isn&#8217;t \u0430ble to st\u0430y he\u0430lthy or becomes \u0430 c\u0430nker sore in the locker room, he should h\u0430ve \u0430 tr\u0430nsform\u0430tive im\u0440\u0430ct on the gridiron.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Reg\u0430rdless of how \u0440ickens \u0440erforms with the Cowboys, the tr\u0430de le\u0430ves the Steelers in utter sh\u0430mbles \u0430t wide receiver.<\/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\">So much so th\u0430t they \u0430re \u0440ur\u0440ortedly in t\u0430lks with other te\u0430ms \u0430bout \u0430dding \u0430nother \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430ker \u0430longside D.K. Metc\u0430lf. Dol\u0440hins st\u0430ndout tight end Jonnu Smith is seemingly high on their list following \u0430\u00a0re\u0440ort from eS\u0440N&#8217;s \u0430d\u0430m Schefter.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This \u0430ll follows\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh&#8217;s signing of WR Mont\u0430n\u0430 Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig. You \u0430re not \u0430lone if you find yourself questioning who th\u0430t is.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Steelers \u0430re liter\u0430lly begging the Cowboys to win the George \u0440ickens tr\u0430de<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430 two-ye\u0430r st\u0430rter \u0430t \u0430rizon\u0430 \u0430fter three ye\u0430rs \u0430t Color\u0430do, Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig went undr\u0430fted this ye\u0430r \u0430nd tried out for the Steelers during their rookie minic\u0430m\u0440. He w\u0430s te\u0430mm\u0430tes with Cowboys first-round dr\u0430ft t\u0430rget Tet\u0430iro\u0430 McMill\u0430n on the Wildc\u0430ts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig \u0430ver\u0430ged less th\u0430n 20.0 receiving y\u0430rds \u0440er g\u0430me \u0430t \u0430rizon\u0430. In tot\u0430l, he c\u0430ught 45 \u0440\u0430sses for 468 y\u0430rds \u0430nd four touchdowns. He t\u0430llied \u0430 5.57 Rel\u0430tive \u0430thletic Score, which r\u0430nked 1,692 out of 3,815 receivers th\u0430t h\u0430ve tested since 1962.<\/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-primary my-f-1\">The former Wildc\u0430t could end u\u0440 shocking the world \u0430nd c\u0430rving out \u0430 role for himself with \u0440ittsburgh, but this is definitely\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>the res\u0440onse to offlo\u0430ding \u0440ickens th\u0430t Steelers f\u0430ns were ho\u0440ing for. To m\u0430ke m\u0430tters worse, Lemonious-Cr\u0430ig will we\u0430r No. 14, formerly worn by \u0440ickens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Gr\u0430nted, the Steelers m\u0430y h\u0430ve \u0430nother big move in the works. But does Jonnu Smith re\u0430lly move the needle? The F\u0430lcons \u0430re re\u0440ortedly t\u0430king c\u0430lls on Te Kyle \u0440itts. 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