Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has once refer to the behavior of the recipient George Pickens as “pebble in my shoe. “Now that the shoe has been removed and the roller was shaken, Tomlin has slipped the sneaker on his foot and moved away.
Example – During the first visit of Tomlin with journalists after Pickens was exchanged in Dallas for a choice of third round in 2026 and an exchange of selections at the end of the round, Tomlin had nothing to say about the situation.
“You know, I’m not going to add color other than (GM) Omar (Khan) told you yesterday,” Tomlin said on Saturday. “We thought it was Better and timely for all parties involved. “”
Khan said on Friday that “new start“It was the best for both sides.
Steelers do not win anything by spreading dirty laundry. Obviously, if they thought it was in the best interest of the team to keep Pickens, he would still be there. As they took over a second round choice and a $ 150 million contract over five years in the DK Metcalf recipient, the DE was launched.
Frankly, they should have developed a profession of pickens at the same time. The addition of Metcalf has not improved their lever effect for a Pickens trade. If anything, it made much more difficult to behave and of fair value for a player who has the potential to be much better than it was in three years with the Steelers.
Steelers, for any reason, have never fully adopted and used the skills of Pickens. With an emergency in 2025 to justify Metcalf’s salary, Pickens would have had even fewer opportunities during his contract year. It was a debacle waiting to occur.
Now cowboys are fortunate to unlock an even higher level of performance from Pickens. If they do, their investment of a future choice of third round will be considered a flight to the Steelers.
However, this does not expect Tomlin to say a lot, if anything.
