Steelers GM Explains How George Pickens Trade Came About
In his first public comments since trading talented however touch-and-bound extensive receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers Omar Khan shared somewhat extra about how the deal got right here about.
“It form of came about fleet. We had some other folks assign a matter to all around the draft. Nothing that if truth be told made sense,” Khan told the media on Friday. “And the Cowboys reached out … earlier this week, and so they proposed one thing for us to be conscious of. We had conversations internally. We furthermore had some conversations with George’s agent, Dave [Mulugheta], who I comprise an correct relationship with, and we discussed the keep issues had been with George, the keep they’re, and the keep issues might per chance perhaps perhaps bound with George. And this trade is shining for everybody.”
“We ethical extra or much less talked about it, hundreds severe conversation, true conversations, and we ethical felt that a fresh launch for both aspects used to be the true thing,” he added, noting that Mulugheta never vocalized a desire for Pickens to be dealt.
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The GM furthermore took a 2nd to tackle the crew’s depth at extensive receiver, which might per chance obviously glimpse somewhat a quantity of without the dynamic Pickens in the combine.
“We can comprise to no longer comprise accomplished this if we did no longer essentially feel appropriate relating to the receiver area, about our depth there,” Khan acknowledged. “I do know other folks form a comparison about closing year. It’s no longer even conclude to being the same.”
As for what’s a quantity of, “Obviously, we made the funding with DK [Metcalf],” Khan persevered. “We comprise had yet any other year with a couple of of the young guys and gotten to take cling of them, seek for them assemble. We added Robert Woods. Roman [Wilson] is healthy. I’ve seen him the closing couple weeks out right here and how he’s doing, and we saw how he used to be progressing on the tip of closing year. Obviously, he did no longer derive the chance to derive on the realm, however there used to be some pleasure there. Nonetheless we now comprise got an correct community.”
If the chance to add yet any other receiver provides itself, nonetheless, Khan is no longer ruling out yet any other acquisition.
“If there is a chance to add a playmaker and offense, despite whether or no longer it be a receiver or whatever it is some distance, we’re gonna glimpse into it,” he illustrious. “And if it is some distance shining, it is some distance shining. Nonetheless there is repeatedly appropriate players in the market.”
Pickens recorded 2,841 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns in the course of Forty eight video games played with the Steelers. In Dallas, he might per chance perhaps perhaps comprise to expose an thrilling fresh target for QB Dak Prescott and a sturdy complement to WR1 CeeDee Lamb.
