HOW DO YOU GRADE PICKENS TRADE TO DALLAS

I wonder what grade AR would give…

 

Given how that was a direct quote from Tomlin, Pittsburgh now officially seems to have an issue drafting WRs and keeping them long term.


Either they are not good enough in the form of Markus Wheaton, Sammie Coates or James Washington or they crash out in the form of Antonio Brown, Martavis Bryant, Diontae Johnson and now George Pickens.


As @HeinzMustard correctly pointed out a while back; the only WRs Tomlin drafted that went on to have successful careers were, oddly enough, the "Young Money Crew" in Emmanuel Sanders, Mike Wallace and of course, AB (his Super Bowl win anyways).


However, I also do not fault Tomlin for 100% of this. Kevin Colbert also had a hand in this as well. Takes two to tango and Khan's first Official Draft wasn't until 2023. That isn't to say he didn't oppose these players all together but factoring him in would be factoring in a lot of assumptions.

 

There seems to be this assumption you draft for choir boys and boy scouts going on here. GP had warts all the way back to his draft process, I remember reading about it. But he also has tremendous talent as WR and was drafted because of THAT, and in spite of his flaws in other areas. It wasn't a mistake to draft GP in that draft. We needed a WR and he was one of the best on the board.

We do not know for how long the Steelers have been shopping GP. We don't. Just because the trade happened in May does not mean they weren't looking to trade him before the deadline last season. The Steelers keep those type things pretty much in house only. I don't know, just saying it's possible.

I like the Metcalf trade. I originally thought it was made to pair with Pickens. Turns out it was to replace Pickens. Disappointing to me because I really valued GP's talent as a WR. The big BUT here is, we still have talent in that room.
-There has been a lot of speculation on why Roman Wilson didn't return to the lineup, but that's another thing we really have no info on other than just rumor.
-CA3 has improved each season, only 2 and went from Canada to Smith, so no real surprise there. Still only 8 starts under Smith which puts him in the wait and see category.
-I still have PTSD after bringing in Mike Williams last season so I'm skeptical on the Robert Woods move until proven otherwise. Damaged goods has not been a wise choice for us in the past.

I don't know the actual plan at WR2. I know Khan said they were happy with RW when he was asked about WR2 in the presser, but we know there will be no 'real plan' information given. And so we wait. For some waiting really is the hardest part. Some enjoy this process. I think I'm one of those that enjoys the process and watching how things develop. I don't need all the answers yesterday.

 

Give me the carrot of millions of dollars to work and it would be.

 

I can live with that

 

That setup and that is all you could come up with? I imagine you were one of those kids who struck out in tball.

 

Amazing

I say idiot and Scribe responds

I say paranoid and Scribe responds

Now I say toad and just like Beetlejuice Scribe responds

Who am I to argue