“What’s going on in Pittsburgh?”
This is the current question posed to the Steelers at the moment after the surprising trade in the fourth year receiver George Pickens at Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday morning. Trade won the Steelers a third round choice in the draft of the NFL 2026 and an exchange of late choice with the cowboys in the draft of the NFL 2027.
Although the move is not surprising overall, because Pickens was largely distant from the city at some point, it is rather surprising due to the calendar. It comes just under two weeks from the end of the NFL 2025 draft, in which the Steelers did not write a wide receiver.
Rich Eisen, who appeared on “The Rich Eisen Show” on Wednesday, is perplexed by what he sees Steelers this offseason, even if he remains firm in his belief in Mike Tomlin.
“What is happening to Pittsburgh so that they essentially say:” This is what we are going to do. We don’t really have a quarter-Arrière plan other than the fact that we have tried to get other guys, and now we are able to wait for our Bolt quarter to start in New Jersey. We have been given a massive indication of green light that he will do it ” said Eisen about the weather off -season, which took a significant turn Wednesday with the Pickens trade, depending on the video via the YouTube page of the show. “And in the meantime, what we are going to do until we do not know that is the business of the wide receiver of someone else and pay him $ 30 million per year on average.
“And then take the child who is absolutely more economical and has a game, we probably think similar to DK Metcalf and return it for two project considerations next year and the year after and go to work in the receiver room in this way and the quarter room in this way.” It is so in acements that do not know what to do with it. »»
Eisen is not alone in this thought. It was a bit of a confusing off -season for the Steelers, even with things that go well with the trade for DK Metcalf, giving it an extension of $ 150 million over five years immediately after having acquired it.
But after that, the Steelers watched the quarter-Arrière Justin Fields Bolt for New York Jets, swung and missed on Sam Darnold before signing with the Seattle Seahawks, then turned to Aaron Rodgers, while never really entertaining a meeting with Rustell Wilson, and connecting to Joe Flacco before Cleveland Browns.
The Steelers have signed Mason Rudolph to an agreement of $ 8 million over two years, but that was likely to be a backup. Currently, he should be the starter – at least until Rodgers signs (or not).
Now things become even stranger for the Steelers, who have exchanged Pickens and have no clear response n ° 2 WR on the list. The move of Trade Pickens is not a surprise because after landing Metcalf and paid him a lot of money, the Steelers were not going to extend Pickens.
With him in a contractual year and already a headache for the franchise, it was logical to move on. But the timing is, well, strange, and it leaves the steelers more questions than answers.
Questions that Eisen begins to ask, even having this unshakable confidence and this belief in Tomlin.
“… But if this guy (Tomlin) is like,” Fine, exchange George Pickens “, what’s going on between number 14, formerly of the Steelers now, and the Steelers? East?”
Eisen responded largely. The talent of Pickens began not to prevail over the headaches and the negative attention that it has started to generate over the years. This is the case for steelers in this receiver room for years now, and they know when to get out of the guys at the right time.
This could be the case here with Pickens. But there are a lot of questions posed to the organization which is a photo of stability in a rather confusing offseason that took another interesting turning point on Wednesday.
Discover the full segment of Eisen below.
