The Pittsburgh Steelers started their offseason with a bang, trading for and extending DK Metcalf just before free agency began. A couple of months later, they moved George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys, essentially replacing Pickens with Metcalf in their WR1 role. That was part of a plan they had put into place months earlier, according to NFL insider Adam Caplan.
“They [Steelers] made a decision, at the end of the 2024 season, that they knew that they were not going to extend George Pickens’ contract,” Caplan said Monday on FOX Sports Radio. “There was no way this would work with Pickens, they felt.