The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver duo of George Pickens and former Seattle Seahawks star DK Metcalf lasted all of two months.
With a year left on his rookie deal, Pickens has been dealt to the Dallas Cowboys in a good ol’ fashioned game of draft pick exchanges.
Any major contract extension is now Dallas’ problem, much in the way the Seahawks sent Metcalf to a team willing to pay him north of $30 million/year. The Cowboys were probably on the search for a WR2 for a good while to complement CeeDee Lamb and the Steelers seemingly had enough of Pickens.
This is relevant to the Seahawks in the sense that they do play Pittsburgh this season. I don’t think it’s some secret that there was, shall we say, high potential for a Metcalf/Pickens duo to be a little bit internally contentious, but now that’s not a problem. Pickens is known for tremendous contested catch abilities, the one thing Metcalf has rarely been great at, but also he occasionally has issues with effort, disasterclasses like the season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals, and he’s had his fair share of 15-yard penalties, fines, and clashes with other players and his own coaching staff.
The Steelers’ quarterback depth chart consists of Ohio State rookie Will Howard, Mason Rudolph, and Skylar Thompson. No doubt the NFL world is waiting anxiously to see if Aaron Rodgers will go to Pittsburgh. As for that wide receiver group outside of Metcalf? Yeah…
Robert Woods
Calvin Austin
Lance McCutcheon
Roman Wilson
Scotty Miller
Ben Skowronek
Roc Taylor
Ke’Shawn WIlliams
Brandon Johnson
You’ve got a mixture of aging veterans and a who’s who of “who’s he?” on that depth chart.
Good luck in Pittsburgh, DK.
