Pickens over DK this week.

Pickens was too much of a distraction. He is okay right now because they are feeding him the ball. Wait until he goes a couple of games in a row with 3 catches as the 'boys continue to lose because they have no D. He is a timebomb.

The Steelers need to think about not drafting head case WRs to only get a couple of seasons out of them and enough headaches to disrupt the entire team.

 

But the Cubs didn’t trade for Claypool

 

The truth is both are playing great 1 is way more mature than the other .It would be great talent wise to have them both .For the sake of the kid I hope he can keep his head because he has HOF talent .

 

4-1 and we are looking up GPs stats on a losing team weekly? Smh

"Michael Brewerly" also got on Twitter after the game to say "Always Open". Win or lose...as long as GP looks good, GP don't care. Glad he is gone.

 

Kahn did not give him away

Pickens made himself disposable

 

Can’t believe there are 3 posters who still can’t understand why GP had to go no matter how many times it is explained to them

The most foolish comment I see is that they should not have gotten rid of GP without replacing him

Thats actually two unrelated questions

GP had to go that is one fact and they got a good offer so the time was right

Should they have found a #2 to go with Metcalf well that is a completely separate conversation

But wrapping the two together is illogical

 

BUT

TWO YEARS IN A ROW?!?!?!?

 

Yeah, does nothing for me. It will be quite similar to trading for Williams last year... If we really want to make a difference, we need to trade for someone like Chris Olave or Garrett Wilson. I get that having to pay them is a hurdle, but in all honesty we can afford to with a rookie QB contract. Wilson makes more than DK, but Olave would likely make a bit less. Right now we are a DK injury away from not being able to throw the ball on anyone.

 

We would have got a 3rd comp.

Yes, Kahn gave away a great talented player.

 

Fans keep talking about Olave I wouldn't give up draft picks for a guy who has had 4-5 concussions, Wilson would likely cost a second round pick or more.

 

I would tbh. It's obviously bad that he's had them, but that doesn't mean that he is going to continue to have them. I get the Lardarius Green effect might have something to do with this, but if the pick is right... I'd give it a shot. Olave for a 3rd and a decent 3 year extension or something would be well worth the shot. He's a very good player. No way I'm giving up more than a 3rd (and likely NO will either ask for, or receive, something better than that).

As for Wilson, he'd at least cost a second like DK (or multiple seconds). They extended him because they like his game, and quite frankly, he's out produced Metcalf so far in his career slightly... so it makes sense that he makes a slight bit more. His playstyle would work very well with DK, and they would be a VERY formidable tandem (especially when you throw Austin in there as a 3rd WR). I just don't see it happening unfortunately. Would love to have him though.

 

The Saints aren't giving him up for a third, yeah I don't see the Steelers taking on a big contract like Wilson especially if he makes more than DK.

 

No, I was just throwing out names I like lol Meyers would be a really nice addition, and quite honestly, the price is probably right too.

Disagree with Lazard though. I don't think Lazard brings much more as a WR than Skowronek, Miller, or even Wilson does. He's caught 4 balls in 4 games for the Jets. I'd rather get someone that will actually help us and not more of the same.

 

No, probably not. Its a pipe dream on Olave, but I guess if the market is soft due to his injuries then maybe a 3rd and a 4th gets it done. Not likely though.

Yeah, Wilson's contract (and the compensation it takes to get him) are big hurdles for us. He's at $32.5m a year. It was just signed too. I'd love to have him, but I don't see a scenario where we give up what it takes to get him.

 

I feel you, but still. He's a WR3 over there and he'd likely be a WR3 at best here. If he's basically free to get, then sure? Idk. I just can't envision him catching more than 12-15 balls here.

 

Steelers fans still wasting energy on Pickens, Najee and Pickett is absolutely baffling to me.

 

Some people really like their guys man... I could care less about losing Najee or Pickett, but with our current WR situation it definitely hurts to be missing Pickens. We didn't get much for him.

If you don't want to talk about any of the former Steelers, you don't have to read the thread or post in it tho? Its pretty harmless.

 

Nah man, that's not it for everyone here. Some dudes just want to be right. If you can't at least acknowledge why they got rid of him, I don't know what to tell ya. It doesn't take a football genius to understand that Pickens could still be a weapon in this offense but the team chose to move him anyway. Why do you think that is? Apparently they felt that his upside on the field didn't outweigh the issues off of it. Nothing you or I can do about that so I guess I just don't understand the need to keep rehashing it.

You are correct, I could just scroll on by. Or I can offer up my opinion just as you are. You could have just scrolled on past my comment or did you feel I was somehow singling you out?

 

Pickens is a knucklehead and in the last year of his contract they did good getting a third round pick for him.

 

Let me make sure I understand this. You are saying there are two questions. Were they right to trade Pickens? Should they have spent the resources to acquire an adequate replacement? You think those questions are not related? That just doesn't make sense to me. Of course they are related. Their lack of an adequate replacement is part of why the Pickens trade is so questionable. It doesn't help that he has been excellent for the Cowboys.

Wide receiver could have been a strength for the Steelers this season. Instead, it is a weakness. If you want to argue that it was worth it to get rid of Pickens, fine. I can see the logic there. He acts like a petulant child and doesn't give a full effort nearly often enough. I don't get how Khan's failure to find a replacement isn't part of that discussion.